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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpollard:
Benzo Rom. Feature rich, battery happy and no issues to speak of. I can't bring myself to not root if I own a Nexus. It's like giving a sports car to a person who never ever goes over the speed limit, why?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduardmc:
I tried not to root even got a galaxy s7 edge and sold it. Came back to my nexus cause root is so important to me. Xposed plus root aps are a most. Most important for me are this.

Adway = make browsing so smooth and ad free. I know you can use adguar or block this but adway also remove the ads from spodify, i have a apk which enable select any track-play just likw paid version plus adfree is spotify free. Minus the offline

Youtube adway - one of my main app is youtube. Is so annoying waiting 30 second to watch a minute video. This get rid of all the ads.

Youtube background playback: play youtube video in background or offscreen just like youtube red.

Gravity box to clean up my status bar and a few important tweaks.

ElementalX kernel: with ghostpepper. Make the phone MUCH SMOOTHER. .. for some people saying that custom ia not smoother, plus MUCH cooler, i went back to stock for a week did comparation. Rooted and also went back and for between ghostpepper and stock kernel profile. Definiltly butter smooth and a cooler device. Also ghostpepper give me 6-7hrs sot. While stock i get 5-5:30sot. This is only by just changing profile.

Double tap to awake. This is so usefull feature and easy to enable with this kenel.

VERY IMPORTANT. Color profile. Stock the screen look warm and dirty when u compare to any galaxy note s7 screen. Doing some color profile tweak u are able to get the same Whites and cool color just like a note 5 and gs7.

Max brighness enable. Having a icon in the quick setting when u want to launch max brightness. Just like the note 5 max brighness which is only enable in direct sunlight. This feature is disable in the nexus 6p. Only can be enable with root.

This is just to name a few.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLit75:
I get the argument after trying stock M. As long as you allow me root and a few essential xposed mods, I could see myself ultimately remaining on stock. Its fast and usually a lot more stable.

But I bought this phone to flash roms, so if I wind up on stock it'll be AFTER I try out more than a few roms.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda26:
Stock
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattkroeder:
Stock = Faster updates. If you don't mind manually updating

Roms = Features

That's the way I see it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eduardmc:
Dont think stock = faster update. Usually updates are available online before google release them over the air and rooted (who knows how). Can easily flash them has an update. Have done this plenty of time while unrooted have been waiting days/weeks to get them over the air.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prattham:
So i want to go back to stock

I have a backup that i made just before starting flashing

So should i restore my backup or flash the img files and restore it and root it again

What i mean is by restoring the backup vs flashing the img files is it gonna hinder any performance or any aspect like that which stock would boast of?

Cheers ?

Sent from my Purified NexusixP

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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yung40oz84:
I already know u can change animation, but as far as speed and stability, especially multi tasking, most custom Roms perform better with some exceptions to stock.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] havy15:
forreal this is the longest i have lasted without rooting an android i don't have much of a need to root tbh lol.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiprmhq:
I usually run stock Android, but rooted with Xposed. But from time to time I like to flash some other ROM just to try it out. But sure, stock is super.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GroovyGeek:
Stock but rooted. Can't live without Xposed nowadays. Gravity Box, Amplify, Greenify, and Tasker Secure Settings. Gotta have them all.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tu3218:
What do you do when updates come?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GroovyGeek:
Flash them manually then reflash SU and Xposed. Takes just a few minutes.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
What's the best way to flash the stock ROM when you ready have TWRP installed?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt4321:
I assume he would grab the OTA zip from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63049054&postcount=3

then adb sideload it and flash the boot image in fastboot or recovery, then reroot. Yeah like he said probably 5mins work
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILmille:
Stock + Root + Xposed... I would like to add a custom kernel, too. When i was on Nexus 5, Franco was the most popular. Reading this thread, seems like is no longer like that. Why is that? Also, all the anti-ads modules + adAway had caused conflict to you whatsoever? Which kernel do you recommend? Is there a way to hide the Xposed installer application? Thanks!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wietse1988:
I'm on stock now for a week, never bin on stock this long before. And don't really miss root. Only thing I really miss is adaway! I never did now there where so many ads everywhere. So I'm not sure if I'll should root again for adaway to work again, or if there is a different solution to block ads without root. So If anyone knows a good way to block ads without needing root, please let me know.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherlock5545:
I personally prefer Adway, but for non-root methods, try Adguard. It uses a local VPN to filter ads. Here's the thread: http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinophyta:
Rooted stock with xposed and Elementalx kernel. I also like the others manually flash the monthly images once they are avail.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_brown93:
PureNexus FTW.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultyrunner:
Agreed. I find most custom ROMs too bloated, and stock is 'mostly' what I want. ElementalX and the app give me the power management options I want and Xposed/GravityBox is all the customization I need for the UI. If Google would put the dark theme option back in, this would be the perfect set up. It's so quick to update via fastboot when the factory images come out, and staying stock this way removes the bugs many ROMs introduce. One thing I forgot is that I also flash V4A, as stock sound leaves a lot to be desired.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michalko5896:
stock with locked bootloader because of security and factory reset protection.. :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prattham:
I just can't live without cmte and snapprefs and emoji switcher

Lol i just need root no matter what

Maybe some day I'll try stock rooted

But Pure nexus has been my daily driver since i got my 6p[emoji5]

Cheers ?

Sent from my Purified NexusixP

If someone helped you don't just say thanks hit the thanks button?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hueythecat:
Pure Nexus

Rooted

Franco Kernel

The root & kernel are more important - its all about battery life for me. (2 days SOT normal).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmusing:
just got my Nexus 6p from yesterday, so stock. It's a company's phone. I had a Samsung Galaxy S5 before that i rooted and has CM13 with TWRP

I googled for a good guide to root the Nexus 6P => because my PhoneProfiles app does not allow to shut down auto sync & data without root (use that profile during the night). But did not find one yet.

Systemless root or full root? what is the best? I read somewhere that systemless root doesn't void the warranty. is that correct?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
None of it relates to the warranty. You can Google search for the difference
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherlock5545:
Been running stock for the past couple of months. I just have root and a custom kernel. Since I use Android Pay, I won't flash any more custom ROMs.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hacksome:
on Stock since N DP3 drop. Miss adblock and some GravityBox customizations.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
Just root and get adaway on it:good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LosserKlosser:
I honestly don't feel the need for rooting or to use a custom ROM since Marshmallow. Android have matured very much and all the features that I once only could get from custom ROMS and 3rd party apps I now get from stock Android.

I'm running stock unrooted N preview 3 as daily driver and have no issues with any of the apps I use.

Sendt fra min SM-T815 med Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Is there a big difference between stock and custom kernel for autonomy?

I mean, I'm on stock kernel and I reached 2h30 sot with difficulty, what I can hope reach with custom kernel?

Thanks for people who has compared values ;)

Envoyé de mon Redmi Note 3 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eman3316@optonline.net:
Not sure what you mean by 'for autonomy' but 2h30s SOT on a full charge with stock kernel is terrible. Something is going on with your phone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Sorry for 'autonomy' (French expression), I mean battery life.

I think 2h30 is really bad when I see score of other people with 6P on this thread..

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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
There is something else going on, more than the rom / kernel. Go to the battery life thread.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Going on? Means going wrong?

I'm watching this thread already.. It's my 2nd 6p and not reaching 3h SOT.. Never.. No specific apps who can dry battery..

Envoyé de mon Redmi Note 3 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amin666:
Stock here...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
There are a lot of things that can factor into this. Signal strength, etcetera. This is not the thread for it. Particularly as the problem is isolated to you, your usage, and doesn't difference between stock and custom ROM
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjrx3:
custom rom (Chroma) just to change lock-screen wallpaper and to hide the navigation bar.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brookspeffer:
Really are a lot of people running stock. Stock is fantastic on this phone. I'm thinking about giving chroma or the new pn update a shot though. I need root for tethering so why not go all the way
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vintage144:
For me its a bit misleading, my P6 has unlocked bl, root ,custom recovery (trwp) and currently on stock to get my fill of the style. Im sure Ill be going to the other side relatively quick , also , XDA has about 10,000 more users these days as well , and about 75% of them dont know a Nexus from regular Samsung , they just bought it because it was cool they wont change it either as log as it works !
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brookspeffer:
I wish I could live as a commoner.

But I'm addicted to messing with this thing
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vintage144:
I know , but it just wouldnt be any fun , would it?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willi9070:
I have been using custom roms ever since I bought my first android one, but now for nexus 6p, you are paying a premium for early updates, stock android at its best so better experience it till you get bored with it
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saj222:
My progression was run stock for a month, then stock rooted, then stock rooted with custom kernel and now most recently custom ROM and kernel. Stock was good but custom ROM and kernel is better. This is my first Nexus but I'm not new to Android and XDA. :D
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kid1986:
I am using Pure nexus rom. how can i return to the stock rom? after the root stock rom, can i update ota? please help me
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] therock3181:
This should help you. http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyzn:
Slapped on Pure Nexus since day one. I like to mess around with the system files just because I can.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] streebs87:
I am still very much enjoying the "pure stock" experience. I get the itch every now and again to root and flash stuff, but then I just turn on my Droid Turbo and do it with that instead, lol.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel4653:
Stock rooted in my opinion is the best option for this phone. I've had it rooted for about 5 months now and I just update to the latest security patch with Flash fire.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] znel52:
Stock rooted N at the moment just because it's the latest and greatest. Can't wait for some Nougat custom roms!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GallardosEggrollShop:
Running Xtrafactory with ElementalX kernel. I did keep it stock for a day but I've been putting custom roms and kernels on every android device I've ever owned. I just love tweaking everything and anything I can ?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgptheoriginal:
ElementalX kernel, but stock rom here. I'm having a hard time finding a good reason to sacrifice the smoothness and stability of the original operating system. Also, having other Nexii at home, it's convenient to have exactly the same menu arrangement, features and gestures among all devices.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FoleyRose:
I'm guessing N preview is still considered stock, so I'm stock.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamps:
Delete
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jxcorex28:
I'm running resurrection ROM ( latest) with root, no xposed. I honestly don't know where I can get a stock ROM because I'd probably just stay stock since I rarely use any of the features that are packed in 98% of all other ROMs. Do y'all have a link to the stock MM ROMs y'all mention? I really like the theme engine that comes with resurrection. I haven't had the phone 2 weeks. I'm coming from HTC m8 and CMTE was nothing like I see from resurrection. I never liked layers, or now substratum.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamterence:
Your best bet would probably be to flash latest MM factory image and root that since most devs are starting to update their ROMs to N now. If you do wanna jump on N, there's a few stock ROMs in the Developer section, but you'd have an easier time upgrading via factory.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchtk:
Only have the device for a few weeks so I'm testing full stock. But I definitely need root so that's a matter of days before it gets root. I will try some custom ROM (well, I bought a nexus for a reason) and do my own testing to see if I keep a custom ROM. Happy with N until now although not a big fan of google bloat apps.

Cheers
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpollard:
Stock latest N, I normally would pop a custom rom on, but Pay keeps me on stock. Since I loaded the N factory image I'm getting outstanding battery. LMT Pie works and so far I'm thinking stock, but then its a Nexus and aches to be modded. I keep it unlocked and custom recovery, so rooting is a simple action.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cloudane:
Stock and non-rooted. I like having Android Pay.

I know there are sometimes workarounds to make it work but it strikes me as a cat and mouse game fighting against Google - it'd give me unpleasant flashbacks of jailbreaking iPhones.

Also don't know if it's the same with Nexus devices but every previous Android phone I've tried custom ROMs on has had proprietary camera drivers etc, so you go to the ROM page and see a list of known issues, "camera doesn't work", "camera works but is not HDR enabled" etc.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batfink33:
There's so many apps that don't work with root now, Pokemon being the latest, the advantages of root are diminishing. I love flashing apps and kernels but I need the function of a lot of the apps that don't work with root.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prattham:
Custom rom forevar

The extra features are nice

And those can be achieved via xposed as well

But CMTE that's why:cool:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchtk:
And... rooted. I can now run all my apps! The tutorial didn't work exactly as expected but that wasn't too hard either..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyzn:
Custom and rooted. I am heady with the power it grants me. :silly:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danmaman:
Stock Nougat (no TWRP) with supersu (systemless) / Flashfire / and elementalX kernel

on lollipop and marshmallow i've flashed hundred of custom roms, now i've gotten soooo tired to do this...

just the monthly OTA security updates and thats it (enough):p;)

cheers
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtduckyboy:
Rooted and Custom. I dont need apps that are constantly at war with rooting,, games, Android pay, etc... I like the ability to do whatever I want with my phone! We pay for it, we should use it how we want.. its that way with Windows, right? my favorite thing to do is use ARUR and push my droid to my Appradio in the car. Every once in a while there is a connection error or some glitch, but then i leave it on the phone and send audio through bluetooth,, no biggie. But i can run Iheart, map app, Escort radar detector app, and my OBD app all through my head unit screen ,, i can even show a movie in the foreground(for passengers, i just listen, last weekend we had nfl from sunday ticket playing), all the rest of the apps in the background and I get specialized alerting, because I use settings in the custom rom's that enable me to do so. with stock,, i get none of that, with rooted, i can get it, just not customized , with the right ROM and knowledge,, you can do a lot more than stock.. of course, finding a stable stock rom has always been the issue,, but right now Dirty Unicorns and Pure Nexus seem to be as smooth as Stock, with the wierd once a day reboot my phone seems to do,, oh well, it cant be 100% , can it!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerokizuna:
Currently Rooted with the stock rom. I'm content with the stock rom cause of its simplicity of use. I havent really looked into too many custom roms for the 6P, even though I know the advantages of custom roms. Coming from constantly updating my previous phones with custom roms to get the latest versions of android has taken its toll on me, its one of the reasons why the 6P was my phone of choice.

Ever since google started releasing OTA files its made the monthly updating even easier than it used to be so I am absolutely fine with the way things are. Of course once official support is over then i would definitely jump to custom roms.

In terms of root, I'm currently using magisk with Super SU and suhide. The combination works fine for me with pokemon GO etc. Im not a massive user of root so when the time comes where root gets harder to achieve I may jump straight to stock unrooted. Having a custom kernel like elementalX is fine for me as well.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piffle2:
Stock, unlocked and rooted. Will probably flash a few custom ROMs to see what suits me.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nontheoretical:
I feel like more people on XDA will say custom, because people who keep their phone "as is" won't dig that deep and treat their phone like an iPhone.

I'm running SAOSP 7.0 (a custom ROM) and I've had custom Roms since my first Android in 2009.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnadenlos:
Stock + Systemless Xposed - I don't see how something like Pure Nexus could be better than manually choosing Xposed modules and the ability to use OTA updates.

Is there any advantage or unique feature I would get by using Pure Nexus?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rowihel2012:
using miui ROM

it is super fast and smooth with fantastic design
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caloyzki:
Stock.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blop135:
stock unrooted too for the first time also.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DAC.IT:
I dont actually see a point to owning a developers phone (nexus) , if you dont plan on tweaking it? Why not just get an lg or samsung !
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo905:
Stock and unrooted.

To answer your question. Because I don't want the bloat of other skins. I also just want tap to pay to work without jumping through hoops. Also, ROM's just becomes a constant tinkerfest because certain apps won't work or system apps get error messages. Moreover, I get more storage by default on a Nexus device than a Samsung phone for example because of said bloat which was a pleasant surprise. There is also less network data activity because I am not on a carrier phone anymore. It seems those phones are always "calling home". Other than that for the customizations I want, Nova does the job, I can get rid of ads multiple ways without rooting as well. Last, there is no guarantee the ROM you choose will save battery life in a significant way. Again, it depends on your unique usage and tinkering with different ROM's to find which one is best for your usage which I am not interested in. I just want a smooth experience out the box, good battery life and timely updates which this phone has provided for the most part so far.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] streebs87:
I stayed stock from March when I got my phone until earlier this week. I was getting just a bit bored with my phone, and the 7.0 upgrade made the battery pretty bad. So, I unlocked bootloader and rooted, then flashed the newest PureNexus along with FrancoKernel and I'm getting better battery with the benefits of changing stuff in the system (emojis, ui sounds, etc). Once I finally found a adb that worked on my computer the process was pretty painless.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] istperson:
My own. It's my hobby project, which is 95%, but so far it's stuck on MM, i didn't have a whole weekend to even start upgrading it to Nougat. So now I'm almost stock, I have the Pixel launcher and wallpaper chooser as system apps.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolf35@:
After two years on OnePlus One and Two, I'm back to my roots and the Nexus 6P. Guess I'll keep it stock and unrooted...have played around so much the past years with customs roms, so I'm a bit tired and will enjoy the Stock for a while.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Custom ROMs for me. I prefer those with minimal features but they are hard to come by these days.

Sent from my Nexus 6P
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] littlebuse:
Hi, for me Stock ROM, actually latest OTA 7.1.1, debloated , unlocked bootloader and rooted for Adaway and root explorer ( for a clean system/app ^^) .

Stock Kernel (very good for me) and lot of apps from Fdroid. :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angle409:
No
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchtk:
Well back to stock obviously for 7.1.1 :) but still with phh and flash kernel.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midmadn:
Bought my first pure Android 6P last night at BB. Stayed up all night unlocking, rooting, updating to 7.0 and installing WETA audiophile rom.

Only disappointment so far is limited storage, (they only had 32gb. in stock.) and the brutally slow speed trying to copy some music, wallpapers, apk's etc. from my now useless 128gb. micro SD to my PC and then to the 6P. I absolutely hate this Google keyboard. I tried it several times on my Note 3 and 4 and always went right back to the Sammy kB.

Anyone know how I could get the latest Samsung kB on here?

Thanks to everyone for all of the great info in these threads.

Jack
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BodhiDog:
Which one? I used to use MIUI years ago (around version 2 or 3), but got scared off by privacy issues. I'll say I'm tempted to go back because I'm so bored with the AOSP look and feel (themed or not).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaatisu84:
Stock unrooted - as I've only had the phone a week. Sure I'll get bored in a month or two. But battery life is awful - will it improve if I flash a custom ROM ?