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[Nexus 6  General] pathtologos:
I totally agree. It doesn't make sense. As far as I can tell, I'm getting very similar battery life to my iPhone 6 plus. And that device had KILLER battery. I truly believe that with just a little tweaking/modding, the battery life will be sick (at least for MY nexus 6).
[Nexus 6  General] hackdrag0n:
It's not over rated to everyone. Battery life is the only disappointment of the nexus to me. Tempted to try an Xperia Z3 but I hate glass back phones.
[Nexus 6  General] hazard99:
I think randomly looking over this post helped me out I now have the all cores on threshold on 75. I won't go into full detail but I was able to see 5 hours of sot after also 1 day and 3 hours. To me that's great. So thanks for the positive post.
[Nexus 6  General] graydiggy:
Thank you for the positive feedback. :D

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Oh and just so you know, keeping the threshold at 75 keeps 2 cores off until they are needed.
[Nexus 6  General] konfidential:
Nexus 4 days....I broke mines twice
[Nexus 6  General] flashallthetime:
I've had this phone for over a week now and I'm impressed by the battery life, 10 hours now since I took it off the charger and it's sitting at 44%.

I had Bluetooth on all day as I have a moto 360, listen to music via Bluetooth in my car for pretty much the whole day, numerous emails, text messages and phone calls.

My nexus 5 would be almost dead my now.

Compared to my moto x, time will tell.
[Nexus 6  General] :
Hello all. Haven't posted on xda in quit a while. Anyways I am reading everywhere that the N6 battery is not good. Is it better than moto x 2014? Battery life is absolutely terrible on x and I am looking to switch to a phone that gets better battery (stock not rooted)
[Nexus 6  General] celeriL:
Never own Moto X but the N6 battery life is not great to last throughout the day on normal usage.

Check out the Moto G 2015 seems to have very good battery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HDKRP4nzc0
[Nexus 6  General] :
Thanks. The battery does look good on the g 2015 but it looks like a little step down in performance from the x 2014 and I would be nice if it worked on Verizon. Its worth keeping an eye one though.
[Nexus 6  General] hackdrag0n:
New LG Nexus 5 might be my next phone. With a smaller 1080p screen, similar sized battery and Android M out of the box, it may well be the first nexus phone to have truly amazing battery life.
[Nexus 6  General] :
I am keeping my eye on the new LG Nexus, but the reported battery capacity looks kind of low at 2700 for a 5.2 phone. Still probably better than my moto x though. I was hoping the N6 would have good battery but it looks like it doesn't. Need all day battery.
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
My Nexus 6 lasts me all day. I average about 18 hours on battery with 5ish hours of SOT. I have location, location reporting, Google Now, etc all turned on. What are you looking for? 36 hours on battery 10+ hours of SOT and 30% left?
[Nexus 6  General] :
I only get like 3-3.5 sot with 14hrs with the moto x 2014. Looking for 20hrs battery, with like 5+hrs sot.
[Nexus 6  General] cyberr8der:
My battery life has been excellent but even better lately. I think there was a good update to Google services as that's been lower than normal.
[Nexus 6  General] graydiggy:
With the right tweaks, a good ROM, and a good Kernel, you can have excellence.
[Nexus 6  General] cyberr8der:
Mine is not rooted with everything except Wifi and Bluetooth scanning on. GPS is set to high accuracy as well. Is anyone else seeing lower results with Google services over the last few days?
[Nexus 6  General] :
Doesn't look like the N6 is too bad. I can probably reach the 5hr sot mark. May give the device a try.
[Nexus 6  General] wazza1991:
Screen Brightness? And what apps do you use?
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
The Moto X has a smaller battery than the Nexus 6. I use apps like Greenify (donation version), Amplify (donation version), and Power Nap and my battery life is awesome, especially after flashing hellsCore kennel and tweaking it a bit. On an average day I have 18 hours on battery, 3+hours of SOT, and 50% left. If it's a heavy use day I'll have 5+ hours of SOT and about 20-30% left. Best I've seen is 7 1/2 hours of SOT with 15% left. I don't let my battery get below 15%, but I probably could have hit 8+ hours if I let it drain all the way.
[Nexus 6  General] cyberr8der:
Screen brightness is about 40% with adaptive brightness on. For apps, most all the usual stuff, YouTube, Chrome Beta, couple email accounts, hangouts, wunderlist, tapatalk, socialife, team stream etc.

I did remove Facebook and messenger and just check Facebook with the browser. I've found both of those to be hogs.
[Nexus 6  General] wazza1991:
I use the Facebook app a lot. With that I get around 5 1/2 hours of Screen on time. It really is a battery hog. And my phone seems to die on 3% battery remaining. Sometimes 2% or 4% or 6% too. Don't know what the problem is.
[Nexus 6  General] cyberr8der:
Try letting it die and then charging to full while it's powered off. That might help recalibrate the battery.
[Nexus 6  General] LGtMgG2t:
I see conflicting posts in regards to ever letting these batteries die. I just read this morning in a thread that one should keep them somewhere above 20-80%. Unfortunately I'm one of the many N6 owners very disappointed with the battery. Had my phone for a month and still trying to find a ROM/Kernel combo that can get me through the day with moderate usage.
[Nexus 6  General] :
So 5hrs SOT and about 20+hrs battery is average on stock unrooted then? I use to root all the time but don't like all the permissions that root apps request. I know the n6 has a bigger battery than Moto x but the screen is also bigger which draws from battery more. The moto x 2014 is pretty terrible with battery, I think anything is a step up from that device at this point.
[Nexus 6  General] cyberr8der:
Yeah, I've read that stuff before but to be honest I don't need the battery to last for anymore that a year, 2 tops so don't pay any attention to that stuff. If it seems out of calibration I'll let it die and charge full.
[Nexus 6  General] Lemagex:
Just facebook, Messenger, Line, Texting, and the occasional battle in FFV when I'm craving it, usually lasts around 3-4 days, 4-6 hours screen on. Wifi and 4G always on. Bluetooth always on. NFC always on.

PureNexus rom and Despair Kernel all tuned for battery life (Laggy as hell)
[Nexus 6  General] dannstarr:
I just passed on my nexus 6 to the wife which replaces her nexus 5, which was also handed down by me. Due to a lack of android devices that actually impress me either being out, or will soon be out (damn you Samsung for disappointing me again!) for now I have defected and bought an iphone 6. I've had it 3 days now and I'm actually quite enjoying it. An added bonus seems to be the battery life. I bought it thinking that it would be awful, but this is where I'm at so far:

If I had these kind of numbers from my nexus 6, I'd have never have looked elsewhere. Didn't get more than 3 hours SOT from a single charge on that thing, despite spending a lot of time apparently optimising my settings for decent battery life.... As far as possible without too much effect on performance. I've now had over 4 hours screen on time and still have over 50% left! I know you can't directly compare the two, but I haven't tried to configure anything on here (well, yeah, because largely you can't!) but my usage style hasn't changed, and if anything, I'm using it more because it's new.
[Nexus 6  General] italia0101:
Just to let you know "usage" is not screen on time, it accounts for time awake while screen is off too
[Nexus 6  General] Clay330i:
Good point. For example...this is my G4 at 50%. Note the times highlighted in red.
[Nexus 6  General] Csetoue:
Are you using stock ROM?
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
Sorry I am new to this forum and N6. It's been three days now and my usage is normal. Few email accounts, instagram, facebook, twitter, xda, few camera shots ..etc. So how did you manage to get 7 sot? I am on stock. Please your steps. Thank you.
[Nexus 6  General] Clay330i:
This is an example from my G4 and yes I am using the stock ROM. I was just giving an example to support the difference between iPhone and Android screen times.
[Nexus 6  General] Csetoue:
Impressive.

Its the double that people average get on SOT with N6.
[Nexus 6  General] golfinggino:
I am getting 6 hours sot with Bluetooth on to my moto 360 sync on to 6 email accounts , location on high accuracy, lte all day and it is about double what I am getting with my note 4 with my gear s and I prefer the larger size of the nexus 6, that said my 2 Sony xperia z ultras still kick ass lol due to the size and they are my go to devices
[Nexus 6  General] Csetoue:
Running stock?
[Nexus 6  General] golfinggino:
No stock on any device Texxodus on the note 4 and chroma on the nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] :
I'm not sure what to believe here. Phonearena says the n6 beats both my moto x and the g4, are their battery tests accurate?

http://imgur.com/WbnxGFm
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
The max I am getting is 4 hrs SOT this is without youtube just browsing, tweeting, emails, instagram not even taking pictures. I have most of the popular social media disabled sync for what I can check manual. But still not getting more than 4 hrs SOT. Not sure how people are getting 6 SOT.
[Nexus 6  General] zizo_theartist:
My Nexus 6 is rooted and Pure nexus ROM is installed with hellscore mako kernel and i get around 7 and a half hours of SOT.
[Nexus 6  General] ashifr5:
Recommended Kernel?

I upgraded from Nexus 5 to nexus 6 just recently and i am kinda getting average 4 hours sot with stock rom and then i flashed cm 12.1 with despair rom. Seems the sot hasnt improved much. Which rom and kernel would you guys recommend?

Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] KerryWood34:
Try all the kernels
[Nexus 6  General] chrisram88:
Try different variations. Some work better than others. I'm on benzo with stock kernel and got 5 sot with 15% left. 2 of those hrs I was playing Youtube. Trial and error man.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] ashifr5:
you mean you are using benzo with stock ROM, right?
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
I get good battery life with stock 48I, hellsCore kernel with some tweaks, Amplify (donate version), and Greenify (donate version).
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
Pure nexus ROM, hells kernel, and Google fi service.
[Nexus 6  General] cyberr8der:
Why is your average screen on time half of your current run?
[Nexus 6  General] yellowman82:
Think it's just calculating what his average could be. I seen it do it to me before tell me I'm about to get 4hrs but I actually go over them 4hrs, strange on the app side though.
[Nexus 6  General] kava1:
Stock Android m developer preview 3
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
I have much better batt life on fi then I did on vzw. I have only been using fi a couple days, that's why the average is low.
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
End of yesterday's run
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
Has anyone tried the method mentioned in the below thread? Did it work? Did it actually save battery?

https://www.androidpit.com/nexus-6-battery-tips
[Nexus 6  General] ak47nerd:
Took it off the charger at 12:30pm

ROM: Android 6.0 Marshmallow (Preview 3)

Kernel: Stock Kernel

Brightness: 50% (adaptive brightness on, ambient display off)

Connectivity: LTE/Wi-Fi (Project Fi)

Location Mode: High Accuracy
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
Today I was surprised to see that the battery life was really good. 3 hrs SOT, 3 hrs call time and rest is youtube, ...etc. Basically I switched to 3G and cleared cache.
[Nexus 6  General] LGtMgG2t:
I ran that for awhile using the dual core setup that Mike Barret's video showed. I then seen a few people on the HC G+ page that indicated the Zen build yields about the same result. I tried it (Zen) out and sure enough on my first charge I was able to get over 6 hours of SOT. Have you tried Zen?

I should also mention I undervolt across the board -40mv. So at 2649Mhz, I'm running at 1030mv. Anything less gives me random reboots.
[Nexus 6  General] mr.n1ce:
1 Day

Sometimes Google Framework eats all up, strange
[Nexus 6  General] zizo_theartist:
I actually Havent done anything, just flashed the kernel and used the phone, no underclocking, no undervolting, was using all four cores.

I only tried Mako, and very happy with the results. brightness was at 50% all the time..

I also tried Mike Barret's settings, but it made no difference, actually I was getting less SOT at around 5 hours, don"t know why, but I suspect it has to do with the way Mako works.
[Nexus 6  General] golfinggino:
I usually have Bluetooth on connected to my car and my moto 360 as well as location on and sync as well - never had an issue getting through the day. today I forgot my watch so ran it ( mostly on lte ) without Bluetooth or sync I am still surprised how much better then battery is then my note 4 - I am at 5 hours sot today and still have 25% left, this is one of the reasons why my note 4 is for sale
[Nexus 6  General] Sniggity:
I'm testing this with my display at 1080x1920 and will report back later tonight.

I'll probably test the 720 setting after to compare battery life too.

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Pretty solid. Can you post your Kernel settings?
[Nexus 6  General] bill3508:
N6, Jdx 3.0.3
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
I look forward to your feedback.
[Nexus 6  General] Sniggity:
Do you mind posting your Kernel and settings and anything else you've done with your setup?...Sync settings, Greenify, etc.

I'm struggling with finding a way to get more than 3 hours SOT
[Nexus 6  General] Sniggity:
So far it's not looking like its making much of a difference. Not really on pace for a good SOT. But it could be due to my Kernel and settings. I'm still trying to find the best setup.

I'll post back when my battery is almost dead.
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
Today the battery is surprising me. I watched a full movie 2hrs, music since morning, emails, WhatsApp, +Google plus, ...etc. The only difference I made was that disabled all the Google apps that I am not using.

BTW I am on stock 5.1.1. Not rooted.
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
i only changed the minimum cpu to 35mhz.

all other settings are left as the kernel set them.
[Nexus 6  General] Sniggity:
What Kernel and Rom are you using?
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
latest hells kernel and pure nexus rom.

my increased battery life is directly related to stronger cell service.

on vzw never using wifi i would average 5-6hrs screen.

on vzw using wifi at home and work i get 8-9hrs screen.

on fi using wifi only at home i get 11hrs every day.

im not gaming or anything extremely intensive like that, although i do have my screen time out set to 30min and stream in real time about a dozen stock quotes all day long. if that helps to judge my usage.
[Nexus 6  General] Sniggity:
Wow that's insane. I assume HC Zen?

Do you disable any Google Synching? Use Facebook App? Or do any other tweaking outside the normal setup with the ROM?
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
Wondering if hells KERNEL will have the same impact if flashed on stock ROM. I trying to stay away from custom ROMs.
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
i dont use fb, and i dont change any settings or sync from default.

i do use llama to turn on/off bluetooth and wifi when im not at the location, or during the time i would use it.

i do use zen always, and not the M versions. just not feeling the M version for whatever reason.

i dont know really. my guess would be limited gains. likely some of the battery hungry stuff lies in the rom too.
[Nexus 6  General] ORT14:
Great battery life on this phone. I switched from the Note 4 to the 6 about a month ago. Best decision I ever made when it comes to phones.
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
Nexus 6 kicking ass again today. Final stats before plugging it in and going to bed.
[Nexus 6  General] biggofer:
Not really . Put your screen at 0 brightness And you could get the same .
[Nexus 6  General] stefan_city:
It would help a lot if you wrote your rom/kernel (if you're not full stock) with your screenshots.

Sent from Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] dmeadows013:
Getting pretty bad battery life with stock 5.1.1... Ran through the phone on a normal day last week and took screenshots of the results... A bit about my usage:

-At the time, I was using the latest Franco Kernel (I have since switched to Hells Core-Zen but it doesn't seem to be making a huge difference)

-On WiFi for a vast majority of the day, and I usually have about 3 bars of LTE. Most of the day, I have T-Mobile WiFi calling running.

-Running the latest T-Mobile OTA (Installed the factory image) stock, encrypted, rooted

-Generally have brightness at about 50% with adaptive on

-Location on battery saving unless I'm using navigation, syncing 3 gmail accounts, pushbullet, facebook, groupme

-Bluetooth on most of the day, NFC always on

With these settings, I usually get about 8 hours total with ~2hr screen on time. I realize that syncing accounts and other settings take quite a toll on battery, but these results still seem underwhelming, especially the standby time. I feel like I should be getting closer to 3.5 hours screen on time and 12-15 hours total...

That being said, here are some screenshots from my day last week.

(Sorry for the red tint, I use the Twilight app to dim the screen at night)

Any suggestions on how to get my battery to last a while longer while still staying on stock and without losing a ton of functionality? (Kernel, apps, etc)
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
i leave my brightness at rom default "auto".
[Nexus 6  General] idroid2324:
Which ROM?
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
Stock LMY48I with hellsCore build 10 test 4 kernel (zen version with tweaks), Xposed, Greenify (donation version), and Amplify (donation version). I've tried various ROMs and none of them give me better battery life than stock 5.1.1.
[Nexus 6  General] golfinggino:
I am getting pretty close to the sot times posted above - currently at 50% battery with 3:45 min sot

running chroma 9/1 build with benzo test 4 kernel - hellsactive gov and bfq scheduler with 1536 readahead with a 48mv undervolt

love the battery on this phone ;)
[Nexus 6  General] taizai_suru:
try to disable location reporting its seem help i got mine 37% 8 hours in battery
[Nexus 6  General] Mr_S:
First time post

Pure nexus

Hydra kernel
[Nexus 6  General] nabobcoffee:
Have you done any tweaks to the kernel? I am going to this kernel a run tomorrow.
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
I did the following:

-interactive governor

-35mhz minimum frequency

-touch boost duration .5 seconds

-max screen off frequency 960mhz

-high speed frequency 1036mhz

-touch boost frequency 1190mhz

I tried using mako hot plugging but it caused some lag/stuttering with a dual core setup.
[Nexus 6  General] knitler:
Using LeanKernel on stock ROM unencrypted + drivers from M.

73% left - Full charge was 28hrs, 44min ago roughly.

cell stand by 9%

Google Music 5%

wifi 5%

Phone idle 3%

Screen 1% SOT = 18min 0s

Google Play Services 1%
[Nexus 6  General] LGtMgG2t:
You should be able to do some serious undercoating with a max frequency of 1036! Why have the touch boost at 1190Mhz if the max is 1036 though? Just curious if I'm missing something.
[Nexus 6  General] __NBH__:
The high speed freq isn't the same as CPU max so the settings don't look under clocked.
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
My maximum CPU frequency is still 2645GHz. The high speed frequency is just what the CPU jumps to when a load comes through that it can't handle at a lower frequency.
[Nexus 6  General] poncespr:
Pure Nexus 8/28

Hells Core Zen Kernel b10 default settings except for maximum screen off time set to 652

Screen resolution lowered to 720 with DPI set to 280

Brightness set to auto

WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS location all turned on
[Nexus 6  General] viucorp:
stock everything, location reporting off, always wi-fi scaning off.

Hello to everyone, my first post is about my Nexus 6 battery life.

I have stock rom, kernel, not rooted, location reporting off, wi-fi scaning off, brightness at 40% max, with adaptive brightness.

I don't get 16 hours of use, with moderate use, please give me some advice, below are screen shots from 2 different days.

I cannot post screenshots or link due to my post count!
[Nexus 6  General] dmeadows013:
What about GPS? Bluetooth? Syncing? Wakelocks? How do you use your phone? Do you have strong signal? Are you on WiFi most of the time? These are the things that take most of your battery.

Even though you cannot post screenshots, can you post imgur links or another image service?

And what do you mean by 16 hours of use? If you mean screen on time, nobody gets that. The average device gets between 2-5 hours of screen on time. And really, it all depends on your settings...
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
This phone is a battery beast. Plugging in and going to sleep with 47% left and 4.5 hours of screen on time. Usage included texting, Google+, Tapatalk, Chrome, and watching lots of The Simpsons. I used a mix of LTE and WiFi.

Got those wakelocks under control

My set up is:

- Stock LMY48M

- brightness around 45% with adaptive brightness and active display on

- location/location history on (battery saving mode)

- Greenify donation version

- Amplify donation version (set to 600 seconds for everything)

- PowerNap always enabled (beta Xposed mod not available to everyone yet)

- hellsCore b11 t3 (set to zen)

- 35MHz min 2649GHz max CPU frequencies

- interactive governor

- undervolted by 60mv

- 883MHz max screen off

- 960MHz high speed frequency

- 1036MHz touch boost frequency

- touch boost duration set to .5 seconds

- no battery saver modes, restricted background data, or any of that crap

If anyone says these stats are fake or I'm lying then you're stupid :good:
[Nexus 6  General] viucorp:
I tried postim from imgur but it's the same , after 10 post I can post outside links, until then no links, pictures because of spam possibility!

Gps off, Bluetooth on because of android wear(moto 360), syncing only essential gapps(gmail, contacts, inbox, etc.), wi-fi and celluer combine, signal strength varies, from green to yellow.

16 hours of battery nor SOT, the most SOT I managed was 3:10 hours, 2 h SOT it my avarage.

Thanks for the reply!
[Nexus 6  General] bweN diorD:
tbh your screen time is horrible, unless your playing a game always.

3-4hrs should be the bottom of the range, not the top. i regularly get 6-8hrs average, with a high of 11hrs.
[Nexus 6  General] Tzfardaya:
Tbh, there are so many variables in screen on time usage that you can't definitely state what someone should get.. 3-4hrs is respectable for most setups.. After the screen and backlight, radio signal quality is usually the biggest drain. And unfortunately there isn't any indicators on the phone (that I've found) to display signal quality.. (noise to signal ratio).. Just signal strength.

And like the other poster stated, his signal isn't always strong.. (yellow indicator on the chart) so that will hurt his battery life as well.
[Nexus 6  General] Face_Plant:
I think this battery "forecast" is a little optimistic....
[Nexus 6  General] KerryWood34:
You're on track to THE Nexus 6 record! What are your settings? :p
[Nexus 6  General] KerryWood34:
Have you tried using conservative governor to see if that increases battery any more? Just curious.
[Nexus 6  General] erk1725:
How do you set the touch boost duration to .5 seconds? Im trying these settings out as much as I can with despair on android M, but I don't know how to set that value.....very impressive stats! Anything else you change, freeze, disable?

Thank you