Nexus 5: Power and Convergence
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I have a new Nexus 5 for comparison. My battery lasts 2-3 days if switched off at night so I'd say your battery is just about dead.
The phone requires a micro USB cable to connect to a computer.
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Yeah, nearly all N5 need battery replacements these days. But even with a new one don't expect wonders, as battery life was never great with the Nexus5. Still a with a new good quality 3rd party one (too many fake "genuine" ones on the market) it should last you through the day.
For video out you need a special SlimPort adapter. What you have is probably MHL which will not work with the N5.
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@eganonoa My battery will drop from 100% to 90% over night, so I think is your battery. You can go so far as buying a phone charger or a stick that will show you how much current your battery draws, do a bit of math and see the real capacity of your battery.
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@eganonoa
This is how it looks my battery graph, and I was night shift
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@cliffcoggin Thanks. Great. I will definitely put in the spare battery I have.
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@poVoq Super useful! You are 100% correct, what I have is MHL. Couldn't for the life of my figure it out. Had the external display switch on, tried every HDMI cable I could find around the house. Saved me from going crazy. Thanks!
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@eganonoa
LTE is draining battery a lot on the N5, but over wifi (at work and at home) I have about 36 hours from 100% to 19%.
I switch to flight mode when I'm sleeping 8-9 hours a day.About the dock there are some known to work with the N5, IIRC the one recommended is from Microsoft.
If you intend to buy one I might be able to dig out the info from a Q&A early this year. -
@AppLee said in Nexus 5: Power and Convergence:
About the dock there are some known to work with the N5, IIRC the one recommended is from Microsoft.
If you intend to buy one I might be able to dig out the info from a Q&A early this year.That is for wireless display out (Miracast). But that is IMHO only good for watching movies etc. The lag for regular desktop use is a bit too high.
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@poVoq Ooops my bad you're right.
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N5 is presented as "experimenting convergence" on this page : https://ubports.com/fr_FR/devices/promoted-devices
So there should be an "how to experiment it" tuto somewhere...
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@C0n57an71n @cliffcoggin @AppLee @poVoq
Thanks all. Changed the battery. Has been run 15 hours since (not in airplane mode but syncing in the background on wifi) and battery is now at 42%. So that's about 26 hours expected with light usage and probably about 2 full days worth if put in airplane mode over night. Really impressive.
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@eganonoa You could mark this as solved then if your happy. Use Topic Tools ask as question then change to solved. It all helps others find answers. Thanks
