Nexus 5 owners inside

[Jose]

I'm getting great battery life out of mine. I can easily go 2 days on very light use before I need to charge it and I'm not even running JD.

Man I don't know how you do it. I even use mine at home for FaceBook, email, web browsing, and Feedly. I was down to 18-20% yesterday afternoon when I got a call from my cousins to go grab some drinks for Happy Hour. Charged my phone up for 30 minutes and it was closes to 50% and had plenty of juice left after two hours of use at the bar when I headed home.

OH and BTW, the Spigen Slim Armor case can be had on Ebay for $14.99.
Well worth the money for this case without adding a bunch of bulk to the phone.

http://www.spigen.com/nexus-5-case-slim-armor.html

I picked up the same case (black) when I ordered my phone on Amazon for about the same price. To bad it doesn't come with a screen protector so I order a Zagg Invisishield to go along with it. Love there screen protectors and the feel of it compared to some of the other brands.

[motoman]

Man I don't know how you do it. I even use mine at home for FaceBook, email, web browsing, and Feedly. I was down to 18-20% yesterday afternoon when I got a call from my cousins to go grab some drinks for Happy Hour. Charged my phone up for 30 minutes and it was closes to 50% and had plenty of juice left after two hours of use at the bar when I headed home.

First and foremost, all of my push notifications are turned off. The only thing I get a notifcation for is a text, missed call, or voicemail. I have everything else set to where I don't get a notifcation and that right there will save a lot of juice. I keep my display brightness at 25-30% while indoors and turn it brighter when needed. My WiFi, bluetooth, and GPS are only on when needed. I also have my phone set to kill all apps when I turn my screen off, which is an option in developer mode. So with all of that said, the battery lasts pretty well.

I've been on it quite a bit this morning because we're dead here at work. Oh and the only thing that runs almost all the time is Intellicast.

I'll put it on the charger tonight and won't touch it till it's at 15-20% and take a screen shot for you.

[Jose]

Just picked this up and there are some things I like and don't like about the phone and the Kit Kat OS. I'm not sure who's responsible for this but someone thought it would be a good idea to put text messaging and Google Chat together, in the same app.

Where's the DO NOT LIKE button? I've already vented to Bryan about this and I can't stand it.

This is more the Kit Kat OS but I don't like how it defaults to 2 home screens. Just give me my 5 home screens like I'm used to.

Totally agree. Trying to get used to it and see if there is any advantage to it but it looks like I'll be switching to a different app for message. When I try to share a link to a website or something like that I can't figure out how to do it to multiple people without just cutting and pasting the link into a text message. Very frustrating. And another thing I hate is that there is no visual voice mail. Going to see if I can side load the AT&T Visual Voice Mail app somehow. Other than that, I'm really digging Kit Kat.

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-pho...apps-50012731/

Looks like some good reading. I'll have to check it out later.

First and foremost, all of my push notifications are turned off. The only thing I get a notifcation for is a text, missed call, or voicemail. I have everything else set to where I don't get a notifcation and that right there will save a lot of juice. I keep my display brightness at 25-30% while indoors and turn it brighter when needed. My WiFi, bluetooth, and GPS are only on when needed. I also have my phone set to kill all apps when I turn my screen off, which is an option in developer mode. So with all of that said, the battery lasts pretty well.

I've been on it quite a bit this morning because we're dead here at work. Oh and the only thing that runs almost all the time is Intellicast.

I'll put it on the charger tonight and won't touch it till it's at 15-20% and take a screen shot for you.

Lots of good information, most of it I know already. I was just trying to see how the phone and Kit Kat act with all the stock settings and how it affects battery life. I like Juice Defender because I can customize it and toggle between the settings I want on the fly without having to individually go into multiple windows. I also use Tasker to adjust settings as well depending on my location automatically (home and work).