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[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] kyyummy:
For me, it's been mixed. Before I explain: Most of the time I'm in areas where multiple networks are in range. My ISP also has WiFi spread out, which is good when stationary but not so good when driving and the phone can't hop WAPs fast enough nor does it give up trying...

When connected to 5 GHz with a good signal and not many other networks in range: I get great throughput. This means WiFi often works very well at home. But the problems start when there is ambiguity about if the phone should connect to a particular network, or if it should fail over to the mobile network.

For example, there are times when it prefers the 2.4 GHz network for no apparent reason, instead of my usual 5 GHz coming off the same router. Other times it will prefer a distant 2.4 GHz network over either WiFi signal at home. I have to switch manually when I notice what is happening.

Sometimes it refuses to connect to the "Saved" network, despite showing a strong signal. I have to turn WiFi off and on, and try to connect manually to get back on track.

In areas with many networks in range, it won't connect to the preferred saved one if I don't select it and connect manually. If I'm really unlucky the saved network doesn't show on the list until I turn WiFi off and on a couple of times to force the list to refresh.

But what really bothers me is how Location Services gets less accurate with WiFi on. Waze falls behind if WiFi is enabled while driving. This happens in metro areas with at least a few networks in range. My Galaxy S7 was smarter about if and when to maintain spotty connections. I suspect my problems have more to do with the firmware and/or Android itself. It's become a habit to turn WiFi off and on manually as I go about my day.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] rickyyeung:
:good:
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] marklyall85:
Wifi Performance

The 6P has a very good wifi and signal range, I have never had any problems with this device.

If someone is having issues with the wifi in their homes, they should check the source of their wifi connection.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] iRub1Out:
On gigabit wifi it caps out at ~325 down and up. Nothing surprising but interesting.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] supplicantwpa:
After oreo update it keeps forgetting wifi credentials. Also switching AP's doesn't really work with wifi in general. I'd like to see more development in that sector. Connection lost no big deal if the is restored automatically. wpa connect takes no longer than a second on linux. However even linux has problems if connection is lost. I want this to become more reliable.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Nexus 6P's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] svetius:
Using on AT&T, signal strength is good. And it has band 30 which will be good in the future when they get that rolled out.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] pipnmike:
Using on Verizon. With my old Note 3 and also my work iPhone 6 Plus, at work where the signal is terrible, it would switch to 3G periodically. With the 6p, i haven't had a single instance where it switched to 3G. Just for kicks, i put in my coworker's T-mobile sim card. He has iPhone 6 Plus and he gets 1 bar on his iPhone and i saw 3 bars
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] rapatelrocky:
LTE on T-mobile - good strength compared to my Nexus 5 - can get LTE in some areas where I did not before. Shows full bars though LTE discovery shows different strength levels on band 4. Waiting for band 12 support to see full impact and hopefully with carrier aggregation to give better throughput.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] johnp357:
Yup same here. this thing gets better signal at work (in a 12 story building) than my Note 4 on VZ. just to be sure it isn't a software bs thing. I tested speedtest and it pulls 7-8 mbs vs 1.5-3 mbs before (note4). So not sure which of the two VZ freq it pulls from normal or XLTE but the radios/antenae seems stronger than the note 4. in any event, I am quite happy and satisfied with my signal!! (orange county, calif)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] motoridersd:
T-Mobile signal at my desk at work has been inconsistent with my past two phones (Moto X 2014 and G4), but the 6P manages to hold on to LTE more often than the other two did. It also seems to switch back to LTE from HSPA+ quicker.

The biggest difference is HSPA+ performance. With both the Moto X and G4, HSPA+ performance was always awful, to the point that I just figured T-Mobile's HSPA+ spectrum was too saturated to provide decent results. The 6P manages to get much better data throughput in these conditions, so I am loving that.

LTE performance seems to be on par with the other phones, but with so many changes in the network, I never know if it's the phone or new things going on in the network.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] HRodMusic:
I noticed that the signal strength is far superior than what i was getting on my S6 Edge. The 6P gets signal in places my S6 didn't so im a very! very! happy camper.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] sadboyzz:
Cell reception has been pretty bad on mine so far... :(

Could anyone check if covering the visor area with your hand affects cell signal? (You will inevitably cover part of it when holding the phone horizontally with both hands or just the left hand) On my phone, just loosely covering the visor area with my hand lowers signal by one to two bars, and lowers data transfer rate from ~16MBps to less than 10MBps.. :(
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] chris719:
Of course it does. Every phone has an area or two that allow you to really hurt the signal by covering them with your hand.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] painfree:
WIthout a doubt the cell signal is far superior to that of the Nexus 6 that I replaced. This was easily seen driving down the road which with the Shamu would have areas that there was no signal at all, yet with the 6P I had at a minimum 2 bars all the way up and down the road. Even in my house where I had to switch to WiFi calling because of so many trees , I also get a good LTE signal throughout the house.

WiFi performance itself is amazing as it is literally faster than my $4k gaming laptop. This is what I got on my 300 connection

http://screencast.com/t/dHcAt6FuxN6

http://screencast.com/t/2Vn4MF5Iw
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] collinjm01:
Hope this is the case for me too! I have the Nexus 6 and lose LTE occasionally... it irritates me too, because i can toggle Airplane Mode and LTE pops back up. So hopefully this is the case for me as well.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] motoridersd:
I used to see this with my Nexus 6 and G4 all the time. I had to use LTE Discovery and its Auto Cycle feature to stay on LTE longer at work. With the 6P, if it does drop out of LTE, it recovers a lot quicker than all the other phones.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] bbran33:
Coming from my Nexus 6, I have much better reception everywhere in the Phoenix Valley
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] nondoB:
I am on AT&T and I am finding myself getting better LTE reception than ever before. My previous phone was an Xperia Z3 and the 6P is definitely superior.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] PatSend:
Way better signal than the Moto X 2014 or Oneplus One!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] LEAGLE77:
I'm on Verizon and have not had a chance to test it in my fringe areas. I do have a Wilson signal booster in the house and my Note 4 would typically show a signal strength of -84 to -86db. The Nexus 6P is consistently in the mid -70s. (Lower is better)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] kickenwing13:
My cell reception is amazing.. Texts in and out of the depths of where I work.. Voice quality was muffled at times but seems better with root
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] RichTJ99:
I have a Nexus 6 & ordered a 6P using it on Verizon. Is the reception about the same? The 6 was my first moto phone & had much better reception than my LG G2 (previous phone). Will I lose call quality?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] sequan:
On t-mobile for the most part I am getting good signal. But....

I am noticing that many times I drop my LTE connection and just get HSPA and or 3g....

I am also loosing my LTE signal and a point that the cell site is close by so it is not because of weak signal.

I looked at coverage maps and used an app called LTE discovery I don't see the new T-Mobile bands here in Atlanta yet... Maybe that will help..
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] RogerPodacter:
LTE has been great for me here in Irvine CA, got 84 Mbps download. WiFi speeds are good too, but WiFi range is much worse than my nexus 5. Bluetooth range isbworse too. My n5 keeps my WiFi signal down at my street corner, 6p loses thebwifi half way there. Same with Bluetooth, it loses bt signl half distance that my n5 does.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] RichTJ99:
Just a follow up since i have had my 6p for a week or two. I would say the cell strength on the Nexus 6 is better than the 6P. I drop in places with the 6p that I didnt with the nexus 6.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] cazman420:
I'm on Google fi, and came from T-Mobile. Don't see a difference between the two. I'm on T-Mobile most of the time anyways. Might switch back since T-Mobile is unlimited data. Its close on which is better. Anyways cell strength seems decent.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] giant22000:
Coming from a Nexus 6, I definitely see improved signal strength! At my gf's house I would no LTE with my N6 but get a couple bars with the N6P. Also, at work signal strength is better and data throughput is noticeably better with the weaker signals. I'm in a mixed 1700/2100 and 1900 area. Both areas that I notice improved signal strength are in 1700/2100 areas.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
I've having worse cell connection. I'm on Verizon and work from home often in my basement. I used to have an LG G3, then a Droid Turbo 2 and both worked fine in my basement. Any call I've taken since i had the N6p the person couldn't hear me, said it was "choppy" while in my basement. My wife has the Droid Turbo 2 as well and I compared her signal strength with my N6p and they're the same in the basement -113dMb 27asu but everyone can hear me on the LG G3 or the Droid Turbo 2. Any suggestions?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Seeker621:
The 6p definitely gets better cellular strength in my office compared to the 6. I have both devices running 6.0 and on T-mobile so I'm assuming it's the antenna on the 6p
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] sdelcegno:
I get 4 g in places that had zero reception with any other phone.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
I just contacted google and they're going to replace my phone. I'm hoping that it was just defective.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Devhux:
How many people that are having issues are on Verizon?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] JE78:
Me!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Devhux:
From a quick glance in this thread, a lot of people experiencing issues might be on Verizon. Wonder if a poll should be started somewhere
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
Well I think I found out my issue. After doing a good amount of research last night I found that the "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" under settings/more/cell networks was causing my issue. Seems it tries to produce HD quality sound over LTE connection and when that connection is weak the connection either drops, sound is choppy, or the person on the other end can't hear you at all. Turning this off I was able to make calls from my basement and it cleared up the "tunnel/echo" sound I was having when making calls not only from my basement but from anywhere. Now the big problem with turning this off is your no longer able to talk on the phone and use data. For someone like me this is kind of a deal breaker as I work in IT and i'm on my phone and hot spot quite often. I'm still hoping that my replacement phone clears up this issue but i'm guessing it won't. It will be here tomorrow so I'll report back.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] bill3508:
6P arrived today, Verizon, unlocked, decrypted, running Pure Nexus. Signal is identical to my Nexus 6, both at 94 dBm in the same location. Only weird thing is that the Nexus 6 would show that as a green good signal bar while the 6p is all red. Doesn't appear to affect battery though.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] cnaimo:
me 2
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] bill3508:
So my battery signal strength color bar must be broken as its always red, even under a tower that gives -85 dBm. No biggie, could be a ROM issue, but battery is looking great so far. A continuation of the above graph.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] thesticks00:
I can second this. I previously had a Nexus 5 and my signal is much better and I receive signal where I did not previously. I currently have band 12 and I can see an improvement in signal (T-Mobile).
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] fresnogamer:
Getting lower signal and lower speed tests then my Note 2. But it does not affect the daily use. It's fast enough.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Jay Rock:
I don't know what happened when I switched from the T-Mobile G4 to the 6P. Now at home I often get 1 Mbps download and in good areas get around 10 Mbps download. It felt a lot faster on the G4.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Mockingbird946:
Popped my SIM out of the ol' M9 and into the new Nexus; strong 4G even in the middle of nowhere, Ohio. Just arrived at the U.K. on business and 5-10 minutes after landing, cellular signal woke up and getting 20Mbps down. Excellent!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] raduverdes:
Good news, Mockingbird946. Have anyone compared 6P's signal strength with Huawei Mate 7 or P8 Max ? I want to upgrade but good reception is very important for me. Have a nice day !
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] yeroc1982:
Much better cellular signal than my note 3 and 4 had. Places where I had no signal, I get at least half or more bars.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] marvi0:
I do contract work up and around the UK and best signal I have ever heard on a phone.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] gts24:
I'm about a day from sending this phone back. Signal strength on Verizon is hot hot garbage.

I rolled back to 6.0.1 build MMB29M based on this issue https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=197102 . Which yes, my phone was in fact having a ton of difficulty switching BACK to LTE from wifi or no connectivity.

This phone however, is trash getting quality LTE service. My OLD Samsung galaxy s4 destroys this phone in every area, tonight, at a pub where I commonly stream watchespn I could barely get my nexus 6p to start the stream, much less connect at all. Mind you this is where I ALWAYS have been able to get my old s4 to stream flawlessly. I fired up my partner's iphone 5 and it streamed watchespn flawlessly. My brand new 6p sitting there looking foolish.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] jejb:
I've had my phone for a couple of months now, on Verizon. Compared to my S5, it seemed to get about the same signal strength everywhere. But I have an area I camp at in our RV. Same spot has been assigned to me for years. The coverage there is always very spotty, so we bought a cell phone booster setup from Wilson electronics years ago to enable us to get an okay data connection/hotspot there. This last weekend was the first test of the 6P there, and it was a failure. It would drop the signal often and I could not get any work done. Could make calls and text, but hotspot was kind of cold.

Luckily, I was able to get my wife to bring my S5 down to camp when she came, and I had Verizon switch them for me. Then I was able to get a good, steady connection. While I'm a little disappointed by all of that, it's not a deal breaker for me. Fortunately, I have the S5, which is a perfectly fine smartphone, to fall back on when I do these trips where I need the booster setup to work. And it's a simple matter to switch the phones.

Bottom line, there is no question the 6P has a bit weaker signal strength than an S5, at least. Not horribly less, but demonstrably so in very fringe locations.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Nexusi:
Using Google Project Fi with Nexus 6P, great strength overall!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] SyCoREAPER:
Also on Project Fi and my signal quality has been very good. The handoff between networks is very smooth
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] neo905:
No problems here. This is the first phone I've had where I could get 2 bars in my basement. I usually get no signal at all.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] jarredduq:
Not too shabby. Was in Brentwood, CA.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Droid_Nut:
I notice that compared to my old Samsung Note 2 on Verizon, it is not able to pick up caller ID in True caller until I hang up or the call is completed. My old Samsung would show the caller name on the first ring. So not as good of a radio as the Samsung.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Nexus 6P's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] svetius:
Crisp, and doesn't distort at max volume.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Galactus:
I'd love to hear more about this from users. Wondering if it can properly drive my ath m50x
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] clintkev251:
Although not really the intended purpose of this thread, It should have no issues driving a pair of m50x's. I don't personally have a pair to test with, but those are generally effortless to drive and the 6p has pretty solid audio across the board in my experience.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] QwertyUieo:
I have both Nexus 6P and ATH-M50x. They are loud at max volume; easy to say they are uncomfortable to listen to at this volume.

PS: The ATH-M50X have 38 ohms impedance, an amplifier isn't even required for using these headphones. Once you get past 50 ohms impedance you would want to consider an amp. Adding an amp to your audio will color the sound, the ATH-M50x's are well known for their flat-response I would recommend keeping them that way and modify the sound through an equalizer.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] tacosrdelicioso:
The 6p has a terrible headphone jack plain and simple.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] WYO1016:
The incoming sound is great, but I keep hearing that my voice is very distorted on the other end. When I switch back off of speakerphone everything apparently sounds fine. I've heard of other people having the same problem. I'm thinking it's probably the noise cancelling mic being on during a speakerphone call.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] abraxo:
Phone calls have been subpar so far, bad incoming sound and people struggling to hear me on the other side. Speaker is nice and loud though
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] falcon26:
I have both a Nexus 6 and 6P. The Nexus 6P speakers are good, but the 6 are louder and clearer IMO
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] DonnieDoezoe:
earbuds sucks btw
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] PatSend:
Seems a bit louder than the Moto X 2014, but less balanced. Alltogether great speakers, though.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] guitar1238751:
The speakers are LOUD!! Its one of the loudest speakers out there. Its not as good with the bass like HTC's speakers in the M8 and m9 but Hauwei and Google have packed some awesome speakers in this phone
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] xSilas43:
mediocre speaker volume however with viper4android it makes it 4.5
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] JE78:
Kind of quiet. Good for normal use but wouldn't want to try and hear the speaker in the car.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] markzuekarly:
Did you check the equalizer?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
No, where's the setting?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] bablo86:
Where I can find this in the settings
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] vertexTO:
Coming from HTC M7 with Boomsound, so I'm a bit spoiled regarding good speaker quality. The 6P comes closes to the M7 but boomsound speakers definetly have more bass. But it's OK for me :)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] G.H.Woo:
this is my first time with smartphones with stereo speakers. its quality, volume both are amazing
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] EarlZ:
Its loud but with certain voice types i here some sort of distortion or rattle which disappears if I put my finger on the speaker ( not fully covering it )
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Spongebob008:
People can't hear me on speaker phone

Hi Guys,

Is anyone experiencing a problem with the mic on the speakersphone, people aren't able to hear me.

Thanks.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Soft Phan:
have to buy one.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] zmeflyby:
Yes about the mic issue
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Zoddex:
Crisp sound and the speakers are really loud!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] neo905:
It gets loud, which I like, but gets a bit distorted at full volume.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] kristiangmez:
I really like the stereo speakers, good and loud sound. Watching films or videos and playing games with front speakers is great.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] thegios:
very weak vibration: any solution?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] HenrikErlandsson:
There will be some distortion at max volume for anything that doesn't have dynamics, as for any speaker element that can't move air substantially, or any sound output where the sound producer left a rough mix or deliberately made it for high end speakers. I haven't had my producer ears on for a good listen yet, but spontaneous reactions from others is that "that's definitely better than what I have in mine". Which to a large extent is about wattage, or at least perceived such.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] spjetrovic:
coming from HTC, the 6P speakers sound and headphone sound is really tinny and distorted the higher the volume.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] info[]box1:
Any way to adjust/access the speaker sound/volume settings. I'm getting a high pitch out of top speaker. Could be described as distorted like.

I'm sure it's fixable by editing speaker values. System etc mixer paths RX7 set to 84. Needs be to lowered.

Just flashed from 7.0.0 rooted stock to a custom 7.1 ROM. I didn't have issue until now. (Using custom ROM)

I think Google overcompensated the fix from the Nexus 5 & 6 low volume bug.

Any feedback would appreciated.

Edit: I've read to edit speaker values via system/etc mixer_paths then edit RX7 values right now it's set to 84.

Thinking I need to decrease to about 80
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] drakvl:
With Viper4Arise or a Custom Kernel like Elemental X Kernel, The volume steps(gravity box) compensate a lot the distortion, but there´s nothing in Nougat for now, only in Marshmallow.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] info[]box1:
So with Elemental kernel I can adjust sound profile value.?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] drakvl:
You can modify the gain of mic, videocam mic, left and right speaker, and the headphone , with ex kernel manager is easy.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] nicholasknicks:
Whats your Viper settings?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] drakvl:
This settings, with the attached convolver, viper for arise, marshmallow.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] ViperXvenom8888:
Everyone who has distortion issue can use a custom kernel (ElementalX, Franco, Flash, etc...) that supports adjusting speaker gain (Default is 20 left&right). And all you have to do is install a kernel editor (ElementalX, Franco, Kernel Auditor, etc..) and change the left speaker gain to 16 and viola! No more distortion. :D
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] info[]box1:
1000 thanks buddy

Edit: got my hopes up I need the paid versions of the kernel editor apps adjust sound