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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabawarkie:
Hi guys

So I've had the 6p for about 2 weeks now. Great phone but was never really happy with the battery life. I was always getting between 3 - 4hoirs sot but I'd seen people getting 6-7.

Well after tinkering about I think I've found a solution.... Or maybe it's just for me.

I went I to WiFi serti gs and then advanced and then changed the network to only 5ghz, once I'd done this I set my home network up on a 5ghz spectrum and connected to that for the WiFi......all of a sudden I'm getting 6.5 hours SOT.

Not sure if this will work for everyone or if many people will even have the facility to set up a 5gjz home network but if you do give it a try and see if helps.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soulfly3:
most ppl will get better battery life on 2.4ghz only
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabawarkie:
I tried that and it had no effect at all. Swapped it over to 5ghz and the difference was substantial
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frigidazzi:
I've tried both options and saw no difference. For me the problem is that at home and gf house we use 5ghz. Work and everywhere else use 2.4. So after experimenting forcing either or for a few days I went back to auto. So no difference between any of them.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] powerwagon:
Yea, if you have a larger home then 5ghz sucks.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] force70:
Unless you have a really great router that is :D

Sent from my Nexus 6P, Note 5, Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ga9213:
Nah...even with my Asus RT-AC87U setup in the middle of my house, 5ghz band signal degrades in the corners of the home where the bedrooms are to the point that 2.4 speeds far surpass it. It's not even that large of a house...3300 sq ft.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoff5093:
That's why you get multiple access points. 5GHz is a much better band to be on if you have a quality signal.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kendoori:
Just getting used to my Moto X 2015 and can't quite figure out how to get it to behave the way I want...

I work at home, and would like my device to be quickly woken up and available without have to put in a PIN or pattern. Right now, I ended up enabling Smartlock (when paired to car bluetooth), and also home via location (for when I'm in the house); however, if I turn off location/GPS (to conserve battery), then smartlock doesn't work. So what has ended up happening is that with location off at home, if I tape the phone I get the lock screensaver. The only way I know to get back into the device is to hit the powerpoint, and which point it prompts me for my PIN.

If it were possible, I would like a way to tap (or otherwise gesture) to wake up the phone unlocked while either at home or in the car. How would I do that? Do I need to NFC to make this work (have never used it on any phone yet).

Any help is appreciated.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lafester:
Why would you need to save battery when you are at home?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebobmannh:
The way Android uses Location nowadays, unless you have some rogue app constantly pinging your location, "disabling" it doesn't really save an appreciable amount of battery. Leave location services on for a day or two and see if it drains your battery, I'd be willing to bet it won't.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] buca:
Hi.. Until recently i was using my Orbit, with TomTom installed, however i now have a Trion. Been looking at some treads and it appears i can use my TomTom software on my Trion,but how as it has no built in GPS. Would i need to buy an external GPS, if so from where?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] :
Yes you can run TomTom on the Trion and yes you will need an external GPS. I use the TomTom one and you should be able to buy one from the TomTom web site.

Also...look at eBay, you'll find hundreds of receivers.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Yes as stated above you can use Tomtom and others on your Trion.:)

Small lecture:D

The forum search or the sticky post "Search XDA-Dev using Google" would have shown this information. In fact there's currently a thread on this page on Bluetooth GPS receivers:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=327559

There are numerous other threads and of course there's also the Hermes Accessories Forum that I'm certain has had the matter of GPS receivers come up several times.

Lecture over:)

Hope you get it working - my GPS with Tomtom works very well. There are also threads for those that may have had the odd problem with their set up.

Cheers

Mike
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szymonunion:
Hello,

N910C, COJ5, noroot. Suddenly my phone stopped to use fingerprint sensor and backup password I am providing is not being acceptable.

Short list:

- notifications, network, sms and incoming calls are working, BUT nothing else

- after restarts, removing battery, tries to use ODIN(3.07 & 3.10) or TWRP or kernel with permissive - not working (blocked by R/L) - I wanted to use root privileges to remove files in /data/system responsible for fingerprints and backup password.

- ADB is working

- I want to recover data before wipe - some free soft like Android Recovery Tool or sthg like this ?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

--

Szymon
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxynote2:
I see three ways:

-Try to unlock with the fingerprint, it will give you the option to enter a secondary password. Put a random pass 5 times until the device blocks you to keep entering wrong passwords. After that, a new button saying "Unlock with your google account" should appear. Touch it, put your email and password and wait for a couple of seconds. The device will unlock and will set the lockscreen to "Swipe".

-If that doesn't work (rare), try this, it shoud work: http://xdaforums.com/note-4/orig-development/bypass-lock-screen-pattern-password-pin-t2948336 (since your device is locked you can't access to the MTP functions. You have to put the zip file in a external sd card and flash it with TWRP.

-If that doesn't work either (dafuq?), make a data backup in TWRP ("Backup" option, then select data only), wipe your device, flash a rom and then flash the backup again.

Also remember: "Wipe data" option in TWRP erases all ylur apps and configs, but your pesonal info like photos, documents, downloads, etc will still be at there.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szymonunion:
I see that you did not read my post ;)

All of these 3 options you mentioned are not possible.

Any other ideas?

I just copied via adb in shell all important files from internal memory and now after I wiped it out I got strange info that "This device is locked because of an abnormal factory reset"

I am not using Find My Mobile Samsung service so WTF ?! Why is it asking me for something that I am not using and it will be not working ???

Regards,

add-on: there was a Find My Mobile by Samsung block, but I used some mystery account I forgot about ;) Now everything is up and running :)
[Nexus Player General] dmezh:
Found a cool built-in function on my Nexus Player.

Try holding the circle (home) button on your Nexus remote while on any other input on your TV - it should switch to the NPlayer input right away!

PLEASE HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED YOU!
[Nexus Player General] dragontology:
Huh. I've had my NP steal focus a couple times. Maybe the Home button got squeezed by accident.

By any chance do you know how to make a computer steal focus the same way? I have a Logitech K400 (awesome keyboard+mouse) by my chair, so it would be neat to be able to switch the focus like that.
[Nexus Player General] sam.balia1012:
Great find
[Nexus Player General] Spence1115:
You'll need a HDMI CEC adaptor for your PC: https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/104/usb-hdmi-cec-adapter

They're not perfect but it should work.
[XDA Assist] Kalelvue:
ok so i have an animation on my phone. when i was changing the font on it. it quickly

rebooted itself, not my phone just reboots to the animation. i can't get pass this. its

almost like in brick mode. any idea what happened..:(
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Hello,

Thanks for using XDA Assist.

What device do you own?

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Omar Champ:
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[MX Player] xdaCyborg:
I've been using MX exclusively since early 2012, I knew it was the one. When I checked the changelog of 1.8.x release, J2 as I know them did not disappoint, with Speed Control added and A-B Repeat in the previous release, all that's left in my checklist of the best media player in the world is floating window support.

And as I have absolute gaith in you guys as you have always delivered, I can't wait to see this:

[img="Floating Window"]http://i.imgur.com/QEwCiVWl.jpg[/img] And this: [IMG="Widget Window"]http://i.imgur.com/o9lbztel.jpg[/IMG]

So excited!!
[MX Player] Dave Davis:
Widget locking is not available but the floating window is. Has been as long as I can remember. I'm using it right now as I type this.
[MX Player] Aashuk Mehta:
Floating window? Only on Samsung devices I guess
[MX Player] xdaCyborg:
It's not availabe, MX Player supports Samsung MultiWindow but that's another thing, I'm asking for Float Window and Widget Window here, I hope developers catch a wind of this.:good:
[MX Player] Sahil1990:
Hello I want to make a feature request..

Kindly add Floating Window feature just like mobo player and YouTube has.. I dont want to use any video player other than mx player but due to lack of this I'm sometimes using Mobo player.

So kindly add this feature in next update.

Thanks.
[Huawei P8max] rogerbcn:
Hello,i come to htc one max,whit the radio fm is very nice in the stereo mode,its normal in the p8 max the mode be more similar to monoaural?,and so rds is activated?,because the screen only i geet the dial whit the frequency not the name of the broadcasting station, thanks in advance for your response,i am sorry for my english googlized :)
[Android Apps and Games] foxriverok:
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[Android Apps and Games] foxriverok:
remove space : play.google. com/store/apps/details?id= com.appdroid.TrueOrFalse
[General Questions and Answers] SYM810T3:
Can someone please tell me is it possible to create a custom rom that contains ONLY the needed drivers for the appropriate hardware (probably extracted from a stock rom), google playstore and keyboard (or swiftkey if it's possible to preinstall before 1st boot). nothing else. This leads to my next question: for an example, if i don't have standard android calculator preinstalled, would a downloaded calculator work? or a phonebook, or dialer (or are there any apps that won't work)? I own a sony xperia m2 D2303 (rooted; bootloader - not unlockable) so that is the rom i would like to create. I would like to make the 4.4.4 rom, because it's way more stable than 5.1.1 on my model.

Thanks to all of you in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] klystock:
the answers may be yes

Well i havent do it yet, but following the guides i see on this forum (one of them that im following is the android kitchet one) its completly possible to even take a rom from another phone and be able to set it the correct drivers and pre installed apps and flash it to another diferent device.

here is the android kitchen thread you will like to read http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vermacht:
Mates I can't enter recovery menu... I tried every possible way I believe and... Is it possible that this tablet doesn't have recovery? I forgot the pattern lock, can't remember gmail pass to login, wifi is off, the developer options wasn't even turn on.... Can you please help me with that somehow?:rolleyes:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
I can definitely see the pickle your are in. I would recommend checking out this thread it has a lot of info on your device and there appears to be a couple ways it mentions to wipe your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vermacht:
Thx for the reply. At last I did it. In case anyone has the same problem- I was using windows 10 (which along with win8) that has driver signature enforcement that we have to disable. After that I could install the adb and google drivers and by Phoenix Suite I entered the recovery. Strange that tablet doesn't enter the recovery by key combination but it has recovery after all :) Thx for help
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
I think I already know the answer, but with a £550 device I'd rather double-check with the experts.

Is there any reason that I should not boot temporarily to TWRP to install SuperSU 2.62 ("fastboot boot twrp.img")? I don't believe that a permanent TWRP installation is a necessity, and if I understand Chainfire's comment correctly:

http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/chainfire-systemless-root-android-6-0-t3271137

leaving the device as stock as possible, including stock recovery, means an easier upgrade path for OTAs. The best of both worlds - regular OTA security updates plus root.

Any reason that this would not work, and more importantly any reason that it might risk the integrity of my N6? I don't want an expensive paperweight... :)

Thanks...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
having root = no ota, so having twrp is besides the point. anyways, twrp is one of the mist useful tools to have if you mod your device. you can make, and restore, a nandroid backup. if you make a mod, and it messes up, you probably wont noot anymore, but a nandtoid backup restored will bring your device back to how it was.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Yes, thanks, Simms, I get all that, but it's not really answering my question. Is there any problem with using temporary TWRP to install SuperSU?

Also if you read Chainfire's comment he makes it clear that his systemless root doesn't prevent OTA, whereas having a non-stock recovery might.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StykerB:
Don't usually encourage use of toolkits but Wug's toolkit includes and option to do this kind of one time boot, I don't know off the top of my head what actual process it uses for that or I'd just tell you that. But yea I'd just recommend leaving TWRP on and after first flashing it and booting into it twrp should prompt you something along the lines of keeping /system mounted as read-only, do that and make a backup including the "system image" and boot. Then in Advanced>uncheck "mount system as read-only."

Whenever an ota rolls around you can go back into twrp and restore that boot and system-image backup when you boot up android will replace twrp with stock recovery and the ota should work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Thanks again - I appreciate the answer, but again it doesn't really answer my question. I've been using TWRP for years and I'm well aware of its benefits. What I want to know if there's any problem with using it as a one-off to install SuperSU, leaving stock recovery in place when I reboot so that TWRP can't interfere with the OTA.

I'm also very well aware of NRT, which again I've used for years and have donated to several times (excellent program), but I don't need it when "fastboot boot recovery twrp.img" will do the job faster.

Am I not explaining myself properly?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StykerB:
nah there should be no problem with that.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
theres no issue with it, just keep your bootloader unlocked, or you can have issues in the future. btw..

fastboot boot recovery recoveryname.img as opposed to fastboot flash :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Thanks, both - I appreciate the help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
Just in case anyone might find the confirmation useful, yes, it did work. I used "fastboot boot twrp.img" to install SuperSU 2.62-3 and it's all working fine. If I understand Chainfore correctly in the link quoted above, using SuperSU's "full unroot" will allow the next OTA, then I can repeat the fastboot install, which should be far simpler than overwriting the system.img.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buschris:
why would you want an OTA? this is XDA Developers, the worst ROM here is better than ANY OTA that you can have, plus you get it sooner and can try them all and have a backup of your favorite one. This sort of thing always makes me laugh!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dahawthorne:
I am glad to have brought some laughter and joy into your life. Though I hope that you can find better in your real life, right...?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HueyT:
For noobs, Android Pay is one reason they may want to stick with factory stock with OTA capabilities. Systemless root is not easy for noobs to grasp.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] evolution_theory:
I'm going to order the Kaiser online and unlocked but what does concern me with ordering online is the support for possible problems down the road.

Are there any specific sites I should look into ordering from based on their own offered warranties for products or would I be safe sticking with HTC's default warranty of I'm assuming 1 year standard coverage as long as I didn't drop it etc?

any ideas on how I could purchase an extended warranty if the site doesnt offer one? The Kaiser is very expensive, 875+ USD and it would be quite a shame to drop it and be out ALL of that cash.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] zachto:
Elite Electronix offers a 3 years warranty for 76.00. That's how I bought mine.

http://www.elite-electronix.com/product_info.php?products_id=1015
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] evolution_theory:
Thanks for the link!

The problem I see with this site is its around $25+ USD more expensive than other sites and for $75 extra they're offering to only extend the manufacturer's warranty. That's not bad but I'm wondering if anyone sells something that could cover a broken screen for example. The manufacturer's warranty only covers defects I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong please.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] GordonTGopher:
Have you checked with your household insurance? They may offer a generic package.

Gordon
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rwong1:
I am heading to London next week, I will probably pick up my TYTN II there... Whats the warranty for the product after I return to the US? I want to buy it with my amex to extend the manufacturers warranty another year...
[Sony Xperia T3] ryomoore:
I rooted my phone and unlucked bootloader. Downloaded a custom recovery and custom rom. I installed the custom rom successfully but it turned out to be stock. After i installed another and my phone does not pass SONY screen on boot (my recovery isnt being found) Is there anyway to fix my rom?? i need help
[Sony Xperia T3] v7:
Hello,

Thanks for using XDA Assist.

Moving your thread to T3 Q&A,Help and Troubleshooting.Experts there may be able to help you :)

You can flash your stock firmware from Flashtool to fix the issue.

*XperiFIRM for firmware downloads.

*FlashTOOL for flashing.

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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hmbto:
Hi Nexus 6 Community :D

Im new to own a Nexus 6 but Im an "enthusiastic flasher" per say. I've being looking around with no luck so I was hopping someone will point me to the right direction:

Usually whenever I flash anything on my previous phones I like to flash TWRP again in case of boot loops or something flashing bad that could delete or corrupt my custom recovery. I'm rooted and installed the latest TWRP through fastboot, but as I previously said, I would like to have a flashable zip to ensure my recovery will be installed and have a higher chance of not being locked out of my phone.

Or I'd notice you can flash images through TWRP, will this re-install my recovery using the TWRP .img file?

I really appreciate all for your help, thanks :D
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StykerB:
Once you boot into twrp for the first time it patches /system to prevent the stock rom from replacing it unless you choose the "keep system mounted as read-only." This option is only offered to you if you boot into twrp with an untouched /system. And as for worrying about being locked out of your phone, as long as you have an unlocked bootloader you can always use a google factory image to get back to stock w/o a custom recovery.

I'd assume no one's made a flashable zip for twrp because reflashing it wouldn't accomplish much of anything if you already have twrp to flash it in.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trasc:
Is it possible to install apps to your sd card?

At this point I'm unable to download larger apps (2gb+) due to the smallish internal memory of the phone. An example App is Icewind Dale, I'm able to get the apk and install it, but it will not download obb data to the sd card at all.

Thank you for any help!
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayush rao:
If u r on ur stock ROM then go to apps, scroll sideways to find SD Card press the check box and then tap move to SD Card
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ab1jx:
Try link2sd. I can change the default install location but mine's rooted. Move as many of your other apps to SD as you can.
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trasc:
Root required :(

I don't think this is possible without a rooted phone. Oh well!
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ab1jx:
What I've observed is that some apps can be moved to SD and some can't. Being rooted and having link2sd helps, and link2sd will let you set the default install path to SD (with root). But some things like Chrome can't be moved. I think it has to do with hard-coded paths in some apps and not others. And then there's the Android 5+ nonsense about not using SD to promote the cloud. Might be worth looking into Ubuntu instead of Android. Sadly, Google is a company making decisions they think will maximize profit. Ubuntu doesn't have a vested interest.

2 gigs for one app, no way would I want such a thing unless I had a terabyte of internal memory. That's bloatware.
[Nexus 6P General] jonmike13:
Please delete. Thanks.
[Nexus 6P General] TechBSwift:
I'm sorry but I don't think we need this thread. There's several nexus 6p vs note 5 threads, and you already had s nexus 6p so you know everything you need to know
[Nexus 6P General] jonmike13:
Did you even read my post? :eek:
[Nexus 6P General] jonmike13:
swizzle- I added a poll, and I taylored one of the options to you specifically.
[Nexus 6P General] stevemw:
You know, there is TMI in your OP to understand how your post could possibly help anyone else in any way.
[Nexus 6P General] jonmike13:
The goal of my thread was to help myself decide whether I should purchase the 6P again, or if I should give the 5X a shot. Just wanted to give some back ground information. I apologize guys... I'll just delete my thread. Thanks anyway. :(