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[Nexus 6  General] Remoteconcern:
Thanks for the report. I'm still not sure. My phone had 10 hours off charger, 1 hour of screen on time and 67%. The main wakelock was the modem, and WhatsApp, exchange and google services all featured above screen with mobile radio times of 2 hours each give or take.

I feel like it's the main issue with the battery life but I'm not sure how to solve it. One thing is for sure, project Volta seems to mean absolutely nothing.
[Nexus 6  General] suku_patel_22:
Thanks dude!! That did the trick.

hHavent seen anytrace of sensor_ind after this....
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
I read a lot about the battery drain. I had it too. It only stopped when I disabled adaptive brightness. Strange but that was it. Regardless I liked using adaptive brightness :(. If anyone has heard of a way to use adaptive brightness without this battery drain please let me know.
[Nexus 6  General] biggiestuff:
I had that, but I had to turn on adaptive display AND ambient for it to go away. I'm guessing you're talking about the sensor_ind wakelock right?
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
Yes, that's what I'm talking about
[Nexus 6  General] Luxferro:
My nexus 6 started having a lot worse battery life like a week ago.

I'm really disappointed in Google. Every major Android release they supposedly improve the efficiency of Android, but yet nothing ever seems to improve. Project Volta... New APIs to handle how apps interact in the background...yet everyone still has battery issues with wakelocks.
[Nexus 6  General] vvveith:
Not Everyone.

Sadly, I'm one who does as well, just glad I can keep it plugged in most of the time or on a wireless charging pad. But I agree with Google dropping the ball with this release, disappointed that I chose this as my first Nexus experience. But I guess all good things do come to an end and another victor rises from the ashes. Thinking the next new release from HTC may hit the mark. Now that I'm used to no user changeable parts. Can't wait.
[Nexus 6  General] Luxferro:
I think the problem is Android itself, along with all googles apps and services that sync and gather data in the background. All they do is add more and more stuff every year instead of optimizing.

Sure I can probably uninstall almost all my apps (which isn't many), and turn off sync for the 15 different google apps... But I'd like it to just work properly.

I'm definitely done buying nexus phones every year just to add to my collection. I plan to make this $800 phone last a few years.
[Nexus 6  General] mugendon:
Could some of those guys that fighted sensor_ind by uninstalling/freezing hangouts try to reactivate/install Hangouts again and just disable the "RequestWriter" Service from Hangouts with the DisableService App? This seems to fix the wakelock for the last few days. But since it is not a very reliable wakelock I'd like to see some more testers :)

Edit: Never mind. It helped killing the wakelock, but it also killed my ability to send messages ^^ I seem to use the Hangouts Chrome Addon way too much, so that I didn't notice that earlier :)
[Nexus 6  General] suku_patel_22:
I have started using hangouts and have enabled ambient display and Adaptive brightness disabled.

Have seen only marginal impact of sensor_ind for few days now.
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
I'm convinced the wakelocks are data related. no matter what I did with different settings on or off, no matter how many services I disabled, the wakelocks reduced but they were still too intermittent to judge.

but then taking off both wifi, data, and gps

(leaving reporting and history, ok google now, adaptive display all on, along with all services enabled)

i see the longest periods of consistent deep sleep

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[Nexus 6  General] BlueBliss:
Great battery life stats! Looking forward to comparing it to my N5 once I get my Nexus 6 in a few days.
[Nexus 6  General] boysetsfire:
Facebook and his Messenger apps are really battery suckers, and I didn't even use them once today! Think I'll be ditching both of them real soon...

Inviato dal mio Nexus 6 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 6  General] Gage_Hero:
I found facebook to be a battery hog on both the Moto X and the Nexus 6, instead of the app I just have a bookmark shortcut on one of my screens for facebook...
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
Just Greenify them! It works great! Nothing comes in unless you open one of them.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] biggiestuff:
Update to Google plus added a new service called networkqueueservice that runs in the background and hogs up 100mb of memory. Usually I praise Google plus for being good with the battery compared to Facebook but this was a nono. baaad Google. I disabled it using the disable services app. So far no I'll effects.
[Nexus 6  General] TheRealKingSen:
How do i get mobile active radio to stop running in the different apps and Google play services?
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
What are my top 4 wakelocks from?

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] wrongway213:
Yes, Facebook is so much better in mobile browser.. that app is horrendous and unfortunately not all pictures and posts can be seen from third party apps that aren't, so browser it is.

Using your phone. No, not being sarcastic, that top wakelock (and the others below it, but really the top one that's on constantly) just means you were using your phone. The kernel was being kept awake because you were interacting with the device, nothing more. Generally speaking kernel wakelocks aren't a bad thing like other wakelocks as they relate more to device use than misbehaving apps and such, but the sensor_ind wakelock is the one random kernel wakelock everyone has been experiencing that is causing people to look at kernel wakelocks.. your sensor_ind time is very low, seems the wakelock stopped itself. I wouldn't worry unless you weren't using the phone during that time... looks like solid SOT with no screen off.
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
Thanks! I was like why is everyone worried about something that takes up like 3% lol

Ya I was listening to music and tethering to my tablet the whole time and using the phone from time to time today...

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] wrongway213:
If you do feel like you are having some battery/walelock issues, you'll definitely wanna let it run a lot longer and not using the phone the whole time.. see how it deep sleeps, etc. But if you were just curious, as long as your phone was on that whole time (99% Power_Manager wakelock up top), I don't see anything that I'd be worried about as long as the phone is performing OK. Given you were tethering I'd expect the battery drain to be as bad as it was.
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
Thanks! Ya tethering and music all while traveling thru horrible signal areas... I'd love to see a great cell signal and WiFi day on this beast!

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] Cincybearcatfan:
Pure Shamu, Franco Kernel, unencrypted.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] erapmicks:
This looks horrible
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
I disagree, but only just a little lol

the wlan wake and the msm are both from Wi-Fi and data and it continues to happen when the screen is off. when they're turned off, wakelocks are reduced dramatically
[Nexus 6  General] shaoran_ojo:
I'm currently using OnePlus One (without any tweaks) at the moment and the battery life so far so good. My average sot is around 4 to 5 hours starting from 11pm to 9-10pm on next day. I never had this much sot on any other phone, such as note3, g2, g3, etc.

However, I'm getting this beast within a week and I would like to know that the battery is good enough without any tweaks if not on par with my previous phone.
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
This sensor_ind wakelock is making me think to sell this phone. This is ridiculous. I've tried everything. It always keeps coming back.... And I never installed hangouts
[Nexus 6  General] suku_patel_22:
Try turning on ambient display and turn off adaptive brightness. I haven't had it for few days with this setting.
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
Even if that works it still sucks. I want to adaptive brightness on and ambient display off. Why should I have to use something I don't want just because Google can do its job right. And for those who are going to say that these things happen well... When I've paid 700 euro (800$) I'd expect everything to work.
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
I agree, you should sell it

as a tech guy, I wouldn't recommend this phone to a lot of people. some people enjoy the tinkering and learning about he different services and things that make it tick. some people just need it to "work". you seem to be the latter, which is completely fine. sell the device
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
I'm not the latter. I'm a tech guy myself with computer science degree and it management masters. I love to flash rom's and discover new things but in this case there's nothing to discover. It just doesn't work the way it should period. Do you have a real solution maybe that I wasn't able to find? Because turning ambient display on and adaptive brightness off is just a bad workaround. It's not a fix. My wife's oneplus one this 300$ cost works flawlessly and has a great battery life.
[Nexus 6  General] gogol:
Strange, I am a tech guy and I would recommend this phone to anyone who wants big screen.

My Nexus 6 is working fine, I got on average 5+ screen on time with ambient on, adaptive on, 40% brightness, with more than 30 hours stand by. So, I charge the phone once every 2 days.

I use WiFI only at home, otherwise on mobile.

I use Facebook and it is the top spot battery eater, I don't care, I use it and I don't mind with 5+ screen on time above.

I use Google+, but not as much as Facebook.

I use WhatsApp a lot. Facebook messenger? Yeah I have it as well, but I don't get messages, probably once a month :)

I don't use much sms (who does?).

I don't call a lot, that's right, not every day. All my friends and families are using WhatsApp and social media AND EMAIL.

Email, yeah ... I have 3 Google accounts, and 1 as my main email, plus 1 yahoo email. Thing is, I don't sync my email.

Why not? Because I have fast mobile internet (and wifi of course). Whenever I need to read my email, I simply open GMail and refresh. That's it, wait for few seconds and got all my emails. Happy :)

I sync Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Contacts, Keep, DropBox, Diaro.

Weather sync? No, I don't use that. So what with weather forecast. Except if I am going to somewhere else far away. But, there is Google search for that to get weather info.

Google Now? No, I don't use it. I don't find it useful.

Web browsing, I do a lot ...

YouTube often, I like to watch silly videos.

And Games ... yeah, probably this is the difference. I have and play 1 game only, MiniClip 8 balls lol.

Recently, I disabled Hangouts if that helps :)
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
We practicality use the phone for the exact same reasons :). I also love big screen. This is the number one reason I bought this phone. I used to have the note 3 because it was the biggest at the time. Don't get me wrong I also love the phone but that sensor_ind is a real issue. For a heavy user like me spending a full day without having to recharge is a big deal. I unplug my phone by 7am and I want to use it until midnight. I do network maintenance and I go to my clients all day on a motorcycle so there's no way for me to charge my phone. If the sensor_ind is not killing my battery the phone works great. My midnight I got 15% left with heavy usage. If sensor_ind comes up my battery is done by 6pm. So as you can see for me this is an issue. With ambient display on and adaptive brightness off again my battery is dead by 8pm. I've tried 3 different Rom's and all the available kernels but this sensor_ind wakelock keeps coming back. You might not have the problem yet but it might just happen since I also didn't have it the first few days. If you read the whole thread or do a Google search you will see that a lot of people have that.
[Nexus 6  General] wrongway213:
Don't turn ambient on then, turn both off and set brightness where ya like it, still kills the wakelock. I know it's a band aid and you're asking for surgery, but I can't offer you a fix to the wakelock nor can anyone else. Turning both off I've had to reboot like twice since
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
I have to agree with Warenis a bit.... But for another reason...

This is Nexus! Anyone who has as many tech credentials as you should already know Nexus isn't perfect and isn't meant to be perfect by any means... Its the first line, it gets everything new that needs mass consumer testing.... If you want more wholesome phablet experience get the Note4... O wait then you have to deal with touchwiz and its lagginess... And God forbid you have Verizon on Samsung... Talk about bloatware....

Its the way it works... Google may not admit it BC it would kill sales but we do the final testing for Google before they (in this situation) release lollipop.

You don't like it then get a Note...

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] wrongway213:
Very well said... that's what brings most of us (here on XDA, I'm sure plenty of non-rooted users buy Nexuses too) to a Nexus, we want to be on the cutting edge testing new things.. we buy Nexuses to flash custom software and "test" it anyway.
[Nexus 6  General] slekkas:
Like you said Samsung is becoming ridiculous with its bloatware that and the screen size made me want to buy the nexus. Now as a tech pro I have a different opinion than you and please this is not an argument but just a conversation.

I believe the nexus phones should be the ones with less problems than all the other Android phones. Let me explain my point of view.

Google is the creator of Android and should know it inside and out. I'll accept another phone manufacturer to make mistakes but Google should have the most stable phones. Other manufacturers install a bunch of third party software and bloatware and features like multiwindow that can make a phone a lot more complicated and prone to bugs. Nexus phones are pretty much simple without all the bells and whistles of other phones. That makes Q&A and troubleshooting a lot easier. If we talked about previous versions of nexus we also talked about different budget. If they wanted me to beta test their phone they should be selling it at 400 bucks. You can't expect me to be a tester with 750$ phone. I understand your points but you have to admit that my reasoning is not that bad.
[Nexus 6  General] PunishedSnake:
Mine seems to be triggered by wifi as well :(
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
your thoughts make sense, but this is where I disagree. the phone works great for many. I also used to have the sensor wake lock but somehow now I don't..

(I have absolutely no idea what did it because I randomly change so much that I didn't even notice when it happened)

you're paying that cash for the hardware. a 6in wonderfully built 2k screen with cutting edge internals. android, just like it is for all the OEMS, is free. you can go download android right now and put it on your own hardware and sell it lol

I see google as a company who's purpose seems to just drive things forward while making money with ads and getting their software in as many hands as possible. that's why there's no real competition, and barely any promoting for the nexus 6. they promote android as a whole while putting google apps on iOS

google never claimed to be the best software company. they certainly seem to make the best app services because they tap into their deep bank of user data, but their software has always been iffy. that's where the developers come in. they take the blank nexus canvas and for their enjoyment, paint some incredible Roms kernels and apps that regularly make it to the next versions of android. it wouldnt shock me if the later versions of lollipop that make it on to the most popular android phones aren't updated versions with data collected from the nexus 6 before and after rooting. its probably the reason why rooting remains so damn easy on the n6 lol

sorry for rambling but in conclusion, yes its annoying to deal with certain bugs(?), but we all know every device has its pros and cons. the battery is one of many factors that is critical to some users and irrelevant to others. battery life is irrelevant to me but I enjoyed figuring out how to maximize for the sole reason of helping other people who find battery to be critical. on multiple occasions I've been able to get almost 9hrs of on screen time, but its still hit or miss because I still change Roms and kernels regularly. personally I think data and WiFi connections are critical in this puzzle

I'm happy you're in this community, and we'll all figure it out together, but if its really too much of a pain for your lifestyle, you'd be completely right to go in a different direction

edit: adding link for reference

https://plus.google.com/107117139503551574382/posts/AYd3tASPWXo
[Nexus 6  General] AndrewD94:
Got a little over 6 hours screen on time on my Nexus 6.

LTE: 85-90% of the battery life.

WiFi: 10-15% of the battery life.

Screen Brightness: 0% most of the time except maybe an hour outside at 45% brightness.

No Ambient or adaptive display on.

Apps: 21 installed with 3 games played about 2 hours worth.

GPS: High Accuracy.

Bluetooth: Off.

Google Now: Enabled.

OK Google: Disabled.

All social apps and weather app refresh and sync every hour.

So far I'm loving the nexus 6! This is my 2nd one though as my first had the battery swelling problem.
[Nexus 6  General] PunishedSnake:
So it seems like adaptive brightness removes most of the wake lock but it comes back when I'm on wifi
[Nexus 6  General] samdroid24:
Which ROM + Kernel are you on?
[Nexus 6  General] DanSeb:
It's awful

I got it today, it was 60% when opened the box, played with it for about 5hrs until it dropped to 15%, and then I charged it full, but what it shows me now after it reached 100% really scares me, I've had the Nexus 5 for more than a year with the same carrier and it wasn't this bad. The battery stats don't actually show an obvious culprit.

If the battery estimates are to be believed my Nexus 6 will drain from 100% to 0% in 3 hrs, and after half an hours it looks like it.

I'm probably overreacting but it definitely looks scary that it can only give me 2 or 3hrs of screen time
[Nexus 6  General] Ulver:
That can't be right. I'm at 42% with an estimate of 4 hours left.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
you are new to lollipop? that battery graph is an ESTIMATE, based on how you are/were using the phone at the time. it is not the right number, especially near the beginning of your battery cycle. itll get more accurate as as you use your device and with time.
[Nexus 6  General] AndrewD94:
Completely stock. No rom, kernal, or root. No greenify or anything. Kinda makes me wonder if I got a really good battery.

What's your battery life/SOT looking like?
[Nexus 6  General] samdroid24:
On SlimLP and Franco, I usually got 5.5-6 hours of screen on time, over a 12 hour charge. Great standby time, I did use greenify, and didn't mess with the kernel settings. Pretty happy with those stats. Now I'm trying other ROMs to see the best Performance/Battery combo

Sent from my Whale
[Nexus 6  General] erapmicks:
Which one has better battery life? Nexus 6 or note 4
[Nexus 6  General] suku_patel_22:
Nokia 3315 :)
[Nexus 6  General] erapmicks:
ha. cool
[Nexus 6  General] technoman14:
I agree with that point
[Nexus 6  General] mixalot2008:
has anyone tried unencrypting it and seeing if that helps the battery life? was very curious since i have the tmobile version as well but am only seeing 2-3 hours of screen on time.
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
Decrypting gave minimal battery life gains for me. But minimal is something and better than none. Ymmv
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
no.
[Nexus 6  General] PunishedSnake:
Im seeing about 5hrs
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
i see 5.5-7h sot, encrypted still.
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
so this is interesting.

a couple different Roms gave me data connection issues on tmo so I had to go into the settings and play around with the APN settings. concurrently I was reading other users talk about their battery life being connected to how strong their signal was, so I decided to play around with setting LTE down to 3g

the first screenshot shows lots of yellows on LTE, but on 3g,

(H+) it's a deep deep green isn't it?

speed tests show a drop down to about 15mb down which is more than enough if it's going to boost battery. I'll test it and report back, but has anyone tried this already?
[Nexus 6  General] warrenis1234:
screens, duh
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
Yup I've done it with good results. It helps. I'm on a fringe LTE area so phone fights between hspa+ and LTE. By putting it on 3g it sticks on hspa and gives me slightly better battery life vs it being on LTE. I'm on WiFi in this fringe location but it still helps a little
[Nexus 6  General] erapmicks:
Got any screenshots for proof?
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
There are a plethora of threads for the note 4 and its poor or good battery life.

Back to the topic of the Nexus 6, its battery life, and how to improve or optimize it. Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] biggiestuff:
Cell standby is the culprit today but the signal bar wasn't even that bad as any other day
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
What is your screen on time biggie on that shot?
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
You're confused I believe. I answered your question and said decryption could give you better battery life so try it and report back. What is NOT relevant to this thread in any shape or form is the SOT of a Note 4.

Thx
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
Nice post, loving complete stock as well. Thanks for sharing details. Well done :thumbup:
[Nexus 6  General] SREEPRAJAY:
Members,

Many thanks for not making cross-references in threads....comparisons which usually get as a troll or OT or something irrelevant.

Please restrict yourself with the content of this thread. Rest you can try the PMs

Thanks.....THREAD CLEANED for some OT
[Nexus 6  General] biggiestuff:
4hrs 15 minutes and then I shut it down for the night at 6%. I was off the charger somewhere between 15 and 16 hours. It was my 1st day testing out Franco. While the SOT time didn't improve, actually it worsened. I usually average 4.5-5 hours, the sleep improved on the phone so I'm able to stretch out that SOT over a longer period. I've come to the conclusion that location services on Lollipop is screwed. This phone with location on, requests location way way way way too much. On my moto x 2013 with KK, I could leave location on all day and wouldn't get as much wakelocks as I do with my N6 with LP. I only turn location on when I get into the car now.
[Nexus 6  General] jbdan:
Appreciate the detailed and informative reply =)
[Nexus 6  General] sigma24:
satisfied!

Satisfied with its battery life that once fully charged enable me to explore multiple apps and feature and run all day long
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
I've been getting frustrated with my battery life... Whenever I touch my phone it's seeming to drop bad!

Can anyone help? I have Franco kernel.

Ya I played my game SimCity a bit but I used to play it that much before and would never see it drop that aggressively....

Also just doing meaneal tasks around the house has been a lot worse battery life as well...

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] vvveith:
Hmmm!

I don't know, could you make the pictures a little bigger?
[Nexus 6  General] Stolly08:
When u click on it it should go full screen... It does for me

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] ronii1123:
I'm no expert, but it looks like Facebook and Sim City is keeping your phone from going in to deep sleep when the screen goes off. Facebook has been giving me deep sleep issues as of a few days ago, so I think finding an app to close it like Greenify or turning certain notifications off might help out. I don't play Sim city but if you do not need it to run in the background I recommend doing the same for that, having an app close it in the background. Greenify doesn't clear your ram, it just prevents apps from running without you using them. (I think that's how it works at least)