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[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] blue scrubs:
My old HTC one m7 lol. Call quality was brilliant on that. Slightly muffled (for other person) on 6p
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joedajoester:
With HD calls on T-Mobile I hear static behind every sound. Besides that everything is fine and calls sound great
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] CeeJayII:
Mine almost sounds like the speaker is blown out during calls but not when music is played or anything. Also, if I connect Bluetooth during calls or a device other than the phone speaker, the static goes away :-/
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] smeggysmeg:
I'm getting a very clean call quality on Google Fi. It's much louder on both ends compared to my old 2013 Moto X on Verizon.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] wvcadle:
As with previous Nexii, the proximity sensor doesn't work properly. Sometimes when ending a call, I take the phone away from my face and notice the notification shade pulled down, because the proximity sensor didn't activate and turn the screen off soon enough.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] kickenwing13:
Also slightly muffled on most calls for verizon.. Only time it's not may be when it's on HD calling with someone who has it..
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] OneNutShort:
I posted a fix for this over on reddit. Apparently what is happening is the noise cancellation is interpreting your voice as noise and is attempting to cancel it resulting in a muffled sound. Turning off in call noise cancellation seems to solve the problem. To do this you need to edit your build.prop. The easiest way is to download a build.prop editor. Open it up, locate persist.audio.fluence.voicecall, and change it to false. Save and reboot. Should solve the muffled sounding voice problem.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] ohlin5:
Thanks, I know that's the fix....it just blows that root is required (I could easily do it to mine but my wife has no desire to let me root hers). After experimenting, the easiest "fix" I've found is to just make sure the bottom speaker is more in line with your mouth and that you don't let the phone "slouch" more vertically (resulting in the bottom speaker being closer to your shoulder).
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] sequan:
I am on T-mobile in the US... I was getting comments like speak up.. Sound like you are in a tunnel.. It turns out that covering the noise cancelling mic on the back with your shoulder or a pillow etc causes a problem..

It seems like you have to have root to turn off that feature.

But most of the time calls are clear...
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] bbran33:
I'm switching from my Nexus 6 and so far my reception is better, and my wife says that she can hear me much better than on my old phone. I am using project Fi
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] velopirate:
If you use Bluetooth or actually hold your phone, then you will be fine. It seems that the problems appear when you try to use the phone without hands by placing it on your shoulder and covering the rear noise cancelling mic.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Mustang02:
On verizon had this issue. Turned off enhanced LTE calling, issue went away.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] tkso:
Pretty good. I can hear the other person just fine however a few times I've heard that others can't hear me. On the Nexus 6, I struggled to hear what others were saying at times because the maximum call volume was just not high enough IMO - no such problem on the 6P.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Leica MP:
muffled on most calls for the other side and always cant hear me.

seems to be the noise cancellation problems, hopes to be solve by update
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] ineedmoney2014:
The problem is not everyone will tell you they can't hear you. But if you get someone who's honest they'll tell you it sounds like sh!t. I have the same problem and no matter how I hold the phone they say I sound far away or muffled. Again hopefully it will be resolved.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Thorsdog:
Outgoing call sound is bad for person on the other end

People say it sounds like I am in a tunnel or far away and even cuts in and out. All Google wants to do is replace device but from the sounds of it here that is not going to fix the issue ( that sucks ) :mad:

So I have decided to get a new devise because I have been told through support that some of the earlier devices have had some hardware issues, on that note we will see in a couple days if that is in fact the case or not. I will update after a couple days of use.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Tehpdub:
I also hear when you have your phone plugged in, it sounds messed up .
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] cb474:
It might be worth exchanging the phone. There's a good chance at least some of these issues are related to Huawei's quality control. Many people report great call quality on the 6P.

The 6P seems to be very sensitive to how you position your mouth relative to the bottom speaker cut out, where the main mic is housed. If the mic was misaligned during manufacture it would be easy for this to make it difficult for it to pick up your voice. Mics and earpieces on phones can be very senstive to how they are aligned.

This doesn't address the issue of covering the noise cancelling mic on the back of the phone and how that effects call quality. But a replacement might address some of the issues. Of course, I can't promise that. Enough people have this issue that you could get another handset with problems.

You could also wait a little longer, maybe, until January or February and then do the replacement, with the hope that Huawei will have addressed build quality issues by then. Though that's just guessing that this might happen.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] SugBritt:
When my phone is plugged in people can't here me, until i pull my cable out. Anyone else having this problem? Sometimes i dont here the ringtone before they answer ..its just silent.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] JE78:
I got the phone yesterday, made a few calls on it today. One person couldn't hear me at first, another person I could barely hear them, I was also in the car. I just called my mom who's also on Verizon with an iPhone 6, the call was far from "clean" I could hear noise in the background.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] marpat1:
Google knows Nexus 6P has mic cancellation issues

So my girlfriend and i both have nexus 6P's and we both have had issues with the call quality. Some issues im experiencing are muffled voice or the "tunnel" effect. Google knows this and androidpolice made an article saying they know this is an issue and could be fixed with an update. If you google Nexus 6P mic androidpolice you can find it. ( i cant post links)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] ineedmoney2014:
I got the 6.0.1 update and that resolved it for me. Callers say I'm clear as day. It's still early. I will be back if things change.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] jejb:
Glad it worked for you, but most on the long thread on the Google forum are saying the 6.01 update did not change the call quality. I'm just doing some pre-purchase research, and this is likely a show stopper for me. I was all set to hit the buy button, but I need a phone that has good call quality.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/N5GWJwOKBGw
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] tranemonk33:
If call quality is a big issue for you (as it is me) you should look at the Moto X Pure. Best call quality I've ever had by far
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] dasunsrule32:
I'm on T-Mobile and everyone I've talked to say the call quality is really clear and I sound very loud. My wife said it is day and night between my old phone.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Devhux:
I've made a couple calls to my parents since getting a the phone yesterday, and today I asked about call quality (they have a landline). They said the quality is amazing! Very clear, no dropouts or muffled audio. "A clear winner in my books" is the quote my father used. That was also with it plugged into my Anker battery pack

I'm on Koodo in Canada (Telus network)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] JE78:
I need some advice. My call quality/reception is sub par at best on the verizon network. Talking on the phone I get the tunnel effect and can hear "noise" in the background. Also when i'm in my basement even though my signal dBm and ASU us the same as my wife Moto Turbo 2 i'm forced to go up stairs in order to get a good connection where I can talk all day on her phone and not be cut out. I'm thinking of returning the phone and requesting a replacement. Any suggestions would be great.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] aboalghool:
Got the International one and i must say the phone has an excellent call quality, i was scared this would have been an issue but thumbs up for this buy
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
I posted this in the signal strength forum but here is probably the better place for it.

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] Mustang02:
Post #21. New phone won't fix it. Verizon has to fix their crappy volte.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
Thanks, I didn't think it would but worth a try.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
New phone didn't fix the issue. Strange thing is my previous phone is a Moto Droid Turbo 2, Enhanced 4G is enabled on that and I don't have any issues.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Devhux:
Verizon is once again messing up a Nexus phone.... Since they can't alter the software, they'll make it so voice doesn't work as well. :(
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Thorsdog:
I have been using my new replacement 6P for about 2 weeks now and the phone seems to be working better from what my friends have told me is that the choppy and tunnel sounds are gone. FYI I did have the update on my 1st 6P and it did not fix the issue on that device, so I am thinking it was a defective device.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joel71:
My first replacement didn't fix my issue, they're going to send me a 3rd phone, the tech said he's going to make sure its gone over before it ships. I don't under stand how my droid tubo 2 can have the same DBM, enhanced 4g enable and be fine, but the 6P stumbles unless I turn enhanced 4G off. Clearly has to be the phone and not the network. Crossing my fingers the next one is good.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] lew87ys:
i got a frost 64gb uk version and i am using it on the network EE.

On my first call i made with the phone i was told i sound muffled and far away so after a few tests with someone else using my phone and me ringing them it sounds very quiet and muffled compaired to the iphone 6 plus i was ringing off. also when covering the little hole abve the fingerprint scanner the person ringing me was unable to here me and it was also picking up background noise quite a bit.

Is the only way to get this fixed to return the phone and try another? 6.0.1 didnt fix it even though i read it was supposed to.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] marvinmadman:
My call quality is the best its ever been. On both ends of a conversation. Verizon VOLTE between Nexus 6p and i6s+
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Pain-N-Panic:
Call quality has been amazing. No one that I have talked to has made any comments about not being able to hear me or that I sound bad, etc. Incoming volume sounds the best I've ever heard. Keep in mind I swapped over from the now ARCHAIC Nexus 5!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] diegogero:
call quality is better than on my old nexus 5
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] nagarajsherigar:
does anyone residing in india facing muffled voices ? especially on airtel network?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] parcou:
Thx for the post for changing the build.prop mod....can't recall user name of members, sorry. I swear it is a hit or miss and with 2500 mins of conference calls I really hate when people say I sound muffled. I go from phone handset then back to the Bose 2 BT and I get the same on both...with all my calls I need to use BT to be hands free...and have tried other methods like using a wired headset from Apple since I have tons those new to the Bose IE2, etc.... Hell I would say that speakerphone does not give me justice all time. So hit/miss reboots help at times and other times don't.

The are other threads in the General post on this and I see no one on Beans saying they have this issue (good for you)....I am a Verizon user but not just VZW... I have no issue with LTE/voLTE signals are 90% full strength so me coverage is excellent.... I don't have to the airplane trick that some have to for moment all works.

I have read others calling Google to replace the phone....think that is my next step my rom is SOLID no issues with FC, Xpose, Layers, root nothing. Maybe there do exist some Huawei's with mic issues....

Level frustration I have now I cannot determine if software via Google or hardware...guess try hardware

Go figure.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Thorsdog:
My replacement device has seemed to fix my issues 100% I think it is worth it to try getting it replaced. I am really enjoying this phone very fast. I was playing around with a Samsung S6 edge the other day and it was slow I could not believe how much faster the 6P is. Good luck!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] pankaj554:
Huawei Nexus 6P <Mod Edit - Link Removed> is an amazing mobile phone, with great features. I have been using this mobile, and the call quality is fine and muffled voice when using the phone.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] parcou:
Thx for the suggestion I did got the replacement yesterday got it all setup and still the same...
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] JE78:
Well i'm going to give my 2nd replacement phone a try. Its been a bout a month since I got my 2nd one so maybe the difference in production time will give me a better egg. I love this phone and even if this 3rd one doesn't fix my issue i'll keep it. Turning off Enhanced LTE fixes my issues, maybe I can find a toggle for it.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] matt.parks:
Haven't had any issues with call quality. In fact, the speakers make for a very clear sound. Can't say I've had any complaints in regards to muffling.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] neo905:
I've had this phone for a few months now. The call quality over the speakers is trash and unacceptable. People on the other end consistently have difficulty hearing me and there is also an echo. It's very annoying, especially for a work phone. I shouldn't have to root to fix this. Does N address this issue at all? I am hoping there is a software fix and not a hardware problem.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] JDROIDS:
I have this same issue on my 6P on VZW. The call quality issues have been solved for me by editing the build prop (changing persist.audio.fluence.voicecall to false). I also drop calls often on enhanced VOLtE so I have that feature turned off.

I am in my car often traveling during the day so as soon as my 4G signal turns to another signal the call is dropped. Obviously I can't have dropped calls all day so I have the feature turned off. The fact that I can not use data while on the phone is quite annoying but not a deal breaker for me personally.

Otherwise I love the phone.

Just thought I would share what my experience was.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] thepktrckt:
I've done the same and it doesn't improve the call quality at all for me. If I'm on the highway the road noise is horrible for those on the other end of the line. I'd blame the car, headphones or the speed of travel if it weren't only an issue on the 6P. It is night and day for people when I call them on my LG Flex 2 and iPhone 6+ compared to the 6P. It's at the point now that I just don't use the phone as my primary device, it's a shame but everything I have tried has failed.

I've tried:

Fresh install/system restore (several)

Different headphones

Build.Prop edit

Misc Apps claiming to fix mic issues

Different ROMs out of general curiousity

Most current MM release

Banging head against wall
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] azncapcom:
I also suffer from the muffled voice sound on handset mode. I have since rooted and disabled audio.fluence and it works fine on handset mode, but actually mess up my speakerphone mode. With the root trick, speakerphone would have a ton of feedback sounds that it is not tolerable. Without the root, 4/5 conversations I have the other party complaining about being hard to hear me.

I've sent the device to Huawei for repair and they obviously did not do anything and just sent the phone back to me...

Has anyone tried the custom ROMs and were they able to fix the muffled sound issue?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] thepktrckt:
I called Google support today and walked them through everything I have tried, they were extremely understanding and were very quick to offer to send me a new phone. Once I get it I'll try it on both MM and Nougat and then post my results. It should be here in a week or so.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Nexus 6P's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] svetius:
WiFi strength is good...nothing spectacular.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] bitpushr:
Good wifi.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] presstech:
Works pretty good. Pick it up outside in my car from my parking spot. Not strong but still connected.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Mikey:
Wifi is great here....... [MENTION=2235607]svetius[/MENTION] how are you doing Sir.........long time :)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] enviii:
I don't know if it's my router (I just bought it 2 days before my phone came in) but my download speed is not very good. I have a 50mbps down and 25mbps up, but when I run speedtest I get anywhere from 1-30 down and always 25-30 up (normal). My upload is always fantastic, but down varies greatly. I don't know if it's the router or if it's my phone. In all situations I am less than 10 feet from my router.

Can anyone run speed test on 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands and inform me if they see odd download speeds? By odd I mean jumping up and down a lot.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] sluflyer06:
Couldn't agree less, the wifi reception on this phone is worlds better than my 2014 Moto X, I'm getting 2-3x the bandwidth at the furthest distances in our house.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] DebauchedSloth:
Substantially better range and throughput than my N6.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Olddog828:
Find my wifi is good. No better or worse than all my other devices. Picks up where i expect it to and loose it where i expect it to. Again speed is on par with my other devices
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] rapatelrocky:
Wifi on 6p is much better - get full 118Mbps download (cable limit) with Nexus 5 typically doing 80Mbps download at same time frame. Connected to router at 585Mbps but I have seen it a 7xxMbps rate to router but effective internet still cable limited.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] painfree:
I also am getting faster WiFi performance by a good amount WHEN I do .. reason saying that is that the results are very variable. I would like to attach a screen print I saved but do not see how.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Trevorhimself:
Great throughout with alright range, wifi drops at less range than my Note 3 and S4. This based off two N6P, first device I returned as the auto rotation was broke.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] ibous:
My WiFi has been significantly better than my s4 so far with better throughput, latency, stability. My home connection is consistently above 500 Mbps.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] DeathmonkeyGTX:
First image 5ghz, Comcast 105-150mbps depending on time of day. Second image is 2.4ghz
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] joedajoester:
WiFi is infinitely better than my previous phones, and 5ghz AC works better than on the iPhone 6s plus in the same spots. Signal strength on 5ghz AC is always 5-10db weaker than 2.4ghz. Plus, I get my full 90mbps everywhere in my house with 5ghz. 2.4 caps around 50-70 because of no free channels. Huawei did something right with the antennae, because I have no issues ever with signal/speed.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] jonmorris:
I'm getting lower pings and faster throughput on my 6P than my iMac 5K!

Of course, the position of my iMac may make a difference - but, regardless, that's bloody impressive. Huawei has always been pretty good with antenna design, and the larger size of the 6P presumably also helps?

In a test just now I got 9ms, 7.6 Mbps down, 1.1 Mbps up on my 6P (connection 526Mbps) and on my iMac 19ms, 6.8, 0.8 (connection 527Mbps*).

(* bit odd that one is 526 and the other 527 - maybe a rounding issue as I assume they're fixed increments?)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] hildey:
I'll second that WiFi speeds are noticeably faster than they were on my N6.

I haven't done any actual testing, but the primary thing I've noticed is that transfers to my local server are typically 20-30% faster.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] 400ixl:
On 5Ghz I got 72.2Mb down and 19.6Mb up on a 72/20 connection, so its running it flat out. This was through the speedtest.net app.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] ericksco:
The signal on my 6p is significantly better than my Oneplus one. I tested both where wifi signal is lowest and tested both 2.4 and 5ghz bands. Pings are almost identical.

6p

5 ghz - 64.81 down / 12.19 up

2.4 ghz - 57.91 down /12.25 up

1+1

5 ghz - 30.70 down / 12.22 up

2.4 ghz - 17.30 / 12.16 up
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] debug77:
Constantly drops Wifi. Then often forgets networks and even can't see any while scanning.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] vertexTO:
No issues until now. Wifi is very stable :good:
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] dasunsrule32:
Looks good to me on WiFi :)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] Andrewbud:
Do you take dumps on the bedroom floor?

Sufi is great. Specially 5ghz
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] apexcell:
Significantly and consistently better wifi range and throughput than our Note 4 and LG G3.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] aboalghool:
Wifi is good on this, not better than my S6 Edge plus but definitely better than the LG g4 and Xperia Z5 premium
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] neo905:
Wifi range and strength is excellent for me.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] tsuttie99:
I have a 120 down (But I consistently get 145-150) and 10 up where I'm at and my nexus pulls the full 145-150 down and 10 up. I tested with my desktop connected to 1 Gbps LAN and got the exact same speed, with 1-3 ms less latency. I couldn't be happier with how the Wifi performs on this device.
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] :
I have 100 download/35 upload.

Sometimes it will not want to connect to 5GHz (normal) and connect to a 2.4GHz connection (80/25) instead.

I've had some WiFi/battery issues especially when downloading webpages or files.

While connecting to a fast VPN, it becomes pretty slow... (~50/10 fastest)
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] keveezy:
WiFi is great. Getting 240MBPS down and 10up.:D
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] t83wood:
Happy wifi happy lifi?
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] warpgatex:
I just got my Nexus 6p replaced (shutdown issues). The replacement phone wifi sucks so bad compared to the one that was sent out. My old phone gets good signal almost anywhere in the office. Looks like I'm in for another RMA. Smh
[Nexus 6P Real Life Review] rchtk:
Yesterday had a friend next to me with a Galaxy S7 running Stock. While scanning the area, his device could see one AP. My 6P could see 6 AP.

Throughput is very good and very stable.

So for me, the wireless on 6P is very good.