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[Nexus 6  General] miryclay:
Intent of this thread:

This thread is created with the intent to expound on everyone's various Nexus 6 Kernel Settings, System Settings, Apps used, and what you are doing to get the most SOT (Screen On Time). Let's try to keep the thread as clean as possible and organized. The Best 5 SOT will be copied to a reserved space below and replaced with any SOT that beats it. Your best settings must not compromise performance beyond what is needed by the average user. Screenshots are highly encouraged when posted with final SOT prior to being put into slots of recognition.

Prerequisites to participate in thread:

You must be using the Motorola Nexus 6

Posting

When Posting try to always maintain your list of your current settings for others to see, always make sure you mention what kernel you're using, what rom you are using, and try to keep things in a clean list as shown in this example below:

Rom: Chroma

Kernel: Stock

SOT: 5h 20m

CPU

CPU MAX: 1958 MHz *

CPU MIN: 300 MHz *

CPU Gov: Interactive

CPU Boost: 0ms

Sync Threshold: Disabled

Input Interval: 0ms

Input Boost Frequency: 883MHz *

Wi-Fi

Keep Wi-Fi on During Sleep: Always

This allows users to easily compare their settings to yours. Also if you wouldn't mind sharing what apps were listed in your top list of battery consumption that could also be beneficial for users looking to maximize SOT and overall battery life. SOT can vary on the habits of the user, so it's important to know what habits and apps are being ran to contribute to your overall SOT.

Example of app listing:

Consumption

Screen: 57%

Android System: 6%

Cell Standby: 5%

Automagic Premium: 5%

This will allow users to compare their app usage to other users and try to pin-point what takes up the most battery usage.

OUR GOALS

Maximize SOT

Maximize Overall Battery Life

Keep thread as clean and organized as possible.

Keep and maintain lists of our settings

Minimal amounts of comments to make things easy to navigate.

Keep things on topic.
[Nexus 6  General] miryclay:
Top 5 SOT

Reserved Space for Top 5 SOT List
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
i guess my 7.5 hour sot doesnt count as its not posted here? anyways, with real use and not just getting the highest sot thats possible kind of use, every single persons phone will differ. why? because every single person uses their phone differently. different apps, different processes, camera, flashlight, how bright i have my screen, among many other things. so, having any kind of sot just shows that you actually use the phone. and with my experience here on xda, im going to flat out say that this will be a foolish thread. and again, that said.. have fun :)
[Nexus 6  General] electricpete1:
gsam says I have 4 hours and 45 minutes AVERAGE screen on time per complete charge since February. That is higher than I would have guessed from occasionally looking at my battery stats (I would have said 3.5 hours average). Maybe there are some subtleties in how that number is calculated.

Stock with franco kernel. 50% auto brightness. Dark themes everywhere with layers etc (although I've only had those dark themes over the last month)
[Nexus 6  General] bond32:
Isn't screen brightness the key factor here?

Personally I gave up since I have such weak signal at my house. I usually get around 2 to 3 hours SOT but that's with around 80% brightness. Even if I lowered it, the radio would be top consumer.
[Nexus 6  General] nascar48:
A phone screen uses some battery but not a ton. Just look at some of the smartwatches out there that can get their screens left on for 8 hours or so on 300 mah batteries. Our screen on time is terrible because android is a totally inconsistent mess. That's why one day with similar usage the phone lasts forever and the next it's dead really fast.

Although iOS has it's flaws, it's greatest strengths are in consistency and resource management. That's why apple can make phones with batteries under 2000 mah, with 2gb of ram, and still be less laggy than android and have batter battery life. It's to bad Google won't just stop with their constant useless updates to the android os and spend a year focusing in only increasing efficiency of the os.
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
the screen uses the most battery, period.

and your greatest problem isnt android, but how you set up and use your phone. as i have no issue with screen on time(get between 5-7h, 5h without any effort). nor do i have issues with lagginess, ever!
[Nexus 6  General] miketucky350:
Im with Simms. I average 5-7 hours of sot also. I just use it and don't cripple the cpu. Killing cores & turning town frequencies only makes it work harder thus for using more battery. Its like a smart car , pathetic little engine only average 36 while your fully loaded Buick lesabre averages 33. Better power to weight ratio working the engine less. I turn CPU boost frequency up to 1728 and run it at 900-1000ms. Run CPU boost at 250ms with all 4 cores on always. Also turn go high speed load to 50% from 85%. Always running in beastmode. Cool & fast.
[Nexus 6  General] zelendel:
If people are soo worried about SOT to the tune of 5+ hours. Well really you need to get a life.
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
lol :D

i see at least 5h sot, thats why i do not worry at all about my n6 battery life. BUT.. there are many n6 owners/users that see less than 3.5h sot, which to me could indicate issues, with the phone OR the user(or just a terrible signal). anyways, i say let them have their fun experimenting and trying different things :)
[Nexus 6  General] zelendel:
Im lucky to get 2 hours of SOT. Hell I can kill the battery in less then that from full. I know the cause of the issue (which cant be fixed) but that is enough SOT for me. If I spent more then that with my nose in the phone my friends would toss my phone in the ocean lol
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
2h sot?!?!

sounds like my g1(but i think it did better).

for me its my sales job, furniture. id say about 20% of my time actually gets used by work. all that other time ive got to do something, and i dont play games. so, i spend a lot of time reading. but i also keep my brightness down really low..
[Nexus 6  General] zelendel:
Yeah. Signal here is weak at best so the radio kills my battery no matter the device. Heck you lose all signal once you leave town
[Nexus 6  General] sandip_909:
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[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
You know, some people (Americans, just like you) get over 4 hours of SOT and claim to have not so stellar signal. :eek:

I think your signal is only part of the problem. I mean look, I can't get more than 4 hours of SOT, and I generally have 95%+ signal.

Speaking of problems... I can't get more than 3.5-4 hours (best case scenario) of SOT, regardless if I'm on Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, have low signal, have full signal etc.)... If you could help me see what's wrong with my phone, you're more than welcome to join this thread.

Thank you in advance :)

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You didn't seem to be using your phone much. I mean... there's no app showing up in top 5 battery consumers. :confused:

Also, what theme is that?

And... "Mobile standby" is actually called "Cell standby" on my device. :confused:
[Nexus 6  General] sandip_909:
Well majority of the time I was reading in Kindle app. Otherwise I won't go beyond 4 hours SOT on an average. It's Android N that m running, no custom theme.
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
Hmm... So your battery life is similar to what I get. :(

Oh, that's why the Battery usage screen looks different. Okay.
[Nexus 6  General] zelendel:
I already know it's my signal. Have been testing it for almost a year to find the issues. Being in America is a relative term. Where I live signal is not the best and when I leave town you lose signal all together for hundreds of miles.
[Nexus 6  General] Evilmonstertruck:
Mine has been getting worse and worse as time goes by. No matter the ROM or kernel or brightness or signal. The note 7 better be a real nice phone cuz I can't make it to the next Nexus.
[Nexus 6  General] tsalate:
Pure Nexus

Stock kernel

No CPU or GPU mods

WiFi on always. Mobile data off while on WiFi
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
Minimum screen brightness?
[Nexus 6  General] tsalate:
50% while in home or work. Will turn up when outside but mostly inside usage.
[Nexus 6  General] -ErrorFile-:
Brightness always at 50 % if it isn't really bright outside. I'm happy with it. Phone is in stock condition except for the launcher. :)
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
Can you guys download List My Apps and copy paste the list here? I'm really curious to see how many / what apps you guys have.
[Nexus 6  General] -ErrorFile-:
Here you go! :) There are still some unused/-needed apps on my phone, but haven't bothered uninstalling those yet.

2048 Puzzle

Adobe Acrobat

Adobe AIR

Apex Launcher

Backgrounds

Booking.com Hotellit

Calls Blacklist

CamScanner

Cloud VPN

Connect

CPU-Z

Denon 500 Series Remote

Dropbox

Earth

Greenify

GSam Battery Monitor

GTA V Map

Herätyskello

Holo Icons

Home Manager

iFruit

Ilta-Sanomat

Iltalehti

IMDb

Katunäkymä

List My Apps

Lollipop Launcher

Min

MIUI v5

Mobiili OmaElisa

Moonshine

MX Player

Netflix

Nettiauto

Network Add-On for SMS Backup & Restore

NOTRO

Numix Circle

OP-mobiili

Opera

Opera beta

PayPal

Pizza-online.fi

Plague Inc

Pool Billiards Pro

Poweramp

Poweramp Full Version Unlocker

Puntada Icons Free

Salamat

Salamavalo

Sanakirja.org

Screen Filter

Screen Test

Simple Calendar Widget

SMS Backup & Restore

Speedtest

Steam

Supersää

SwiftKey-näppäimistö

Sää

Tankille

Telkku.com

Turkish Airlines

Twitch

Veikkaus

Viaplay

Video Poker

Voxel

VR Mobiili

WhatsApp

WhatsApp Wallpaper

White

Wizard Memo

Zedge

zolo
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
You seem to be having many apps, just like me. Yet your SOT is fine. Hmm, interesting.
[Nexus 6  General] -ErrorFile-:
I do, yeah. I used to have like 10-15 apps/games more, but I got rid of them as I realized I didn't even use/play them anymore. 4-5 hours SOT is quite easy to get, the 6-hour result wasn't hard either.
[Nexus 6  General] y300owner:
I get 3 hours no matter what I do!
[Nexus 6  General] y300owner:
Image
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
Is that on your G2 or Nexus 6? :D
[Nexus 6  General] y300owner:
Nexus 6 :victory:
[Nexus 6  General] clapper66:
This is my best running pure nexus and using hells core kernel while using a dark layers theme, and have the brightness at about 25%ish inside and the brightness outside varied on what the lowest I could tolerate with the sun :p
[Nexus 6  General] andrewjt19:
What are you kernel settings?

tApPeD fROM mY nExUs 6
[Nexus 6  General] Formhault:
What apps do you use? WhatsApp, Chrome, anything? Or you were watching YouTube all day long?
[Nexus 6  General] souljaboy:
SOT is really horrible for this phone. This particular screen just pulls too much. I am getting 3-4 SOT with the same settings I was getting 6-7 SOT on the oneplus one.
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
you do realize that the resolution on the n6 screen is much greater than on the 1+1? that makes the screen much "larger".. larger screen draw much more battery than smaller screens.
[Nexus 6  General] zelendel:
Wow wish I had enough time to waste being lazy to be worried about having an so of 6 or 7 hours. I must be living life wrong
[Nexus 6  General] saa1618:
Hi guys,

I shall wait for the 7.1 official Google Nougat update and then try a new SOT. Will post the results as soon as the update is rolled out and I test it.

Happy new year!

Love,

Syed
[Nexus 6  General] buschris:
got 5 hrs 36 min sot at 14 hrs total with a fresh battery today running Nitrogen ROM
[Nexus 6  General] buschris01:
Got 6hr 27min the next day. Medium brightness. To those getting 3-4 hours just remember what you got when first buying phone. Change your batteries! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] plastik46:
is this feature no longer on the s7 edge? I can't seem to find settings or how to activate it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbmaster123:
/*------SOLVED------*/

hey xda,

So I wanted to use a custom rom, so I flashed twrp 3.0.2 with odin 3.11.1, booted to recovery and flashed the rom. I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention, because I flashed crisscross rom in twrp, which now I believe is for s6 edge only. The model of this phone is g920w8lvu3(xxxx) from Rogers in Canada. When I rebooted after the flash I obviously had some issues due to the mismatch.

-Kernel is not SEAndroid enforcing - bootloop

-Recovery is not SEAndroid enforcing -boots intro recovery

-twrp touch x-axis inverted

I wiped everything and flashed xtrestolite (marshmallow) and it booted, but immediately had a million FC's. Then I wiped again and tried xtrestrolite (lollipop 5.1.1). No Issues booting and setting up the phone, but the touch input was still backwards. I found something on xda that said to dial *#2663# and update the touch panel firmware, and it worked.

however, I still have 2 issues

-SEandroid message still displays for kernel and recovery, but continues to boot fine. I tried flashing a script I found here on xda, but it did nothing

-booting into recovery triggers the phones touch to revert back to inverted on x-axis, and I have to dial that code again after boot to fix it everytime, but it stays fixed as long as I don't go to recovery. regular reboot works fine.

The stock firmware for my phone has been downloading all day, I'll try flashing that in odin to see how it goes and update this. I already made a backup of the phone in working state. In the meantime, please offer suggestions if you can. I'm also wondering why MM roms wont boot but LP roms do. Sounds like something has to match something else, but what?

Sorry for the long post, I guess zhu li did too many things!

EDIT: -Decided to try Kies3. restored to stock through it. SEandroid message gone, touch inverted, dialer code doesnt work

- flashed twrp back on, then xtrestolite LP 5.1.1 SEandroid is back. boots fine. dialer code works, touch fixed, about phone says s6 edge but its not actually the edge version

- touch completely fixed, seandroid dissapears on stock kernel, MM Rom still wont get past splash screen, LP works fine, but only basic version of XtreStoLite, aroma add-on bootloops

- disabled build.prop tweaks and now gets to boot animation... waiting to see if it boots properly, but is taking a while

- boots, everything working okay, but says its a 920f instead of 920w8. Its unclear, but I think the aroma add-on package is not a full rom and needs to be flashed after the basic version

I hope that this log can help someone!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emmazarate59:
hello, when I am connected to wifi services do not make me google problem, but when I connect to mobile data network 4g appear, and I consume 6%. I find some solution with android 6.0.1. thank you very much sorry for the translation

Enviado desde mi SM-G920F mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] WizeGuyDezignz:
Which would you choose and why?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] drummerman:
The answer depends on which forum you post the question :)
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] WizeGuyDezignz:
Yeah, I figured as much. Was hoping to hear from people on the fence perhaps.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] kennonk:
I think it depends a lot on how you use your phone and what your budget is. They both make phone calls, they both run all the same apps (mostly)...If you have the extra couple hundred bucks for the S7 edge and you want to use features like Samsung Pay and stuff like that then the S7 is awesome. But if you want to run something more open source like an AOSP based rom or Cyanogenmod and save a couple hundred bucks at the same time I think the OP3 is the best phone out at this moment. I haven't been over to the S7 forums but traditionally developer support for the Exynos has been pretty sucky, not sure if that has improved recently.

Really for the S7 Edge you are paying a premium for the "extra" features of Samsung's software. In my opinion there is way less of a reason to put custom ROMs on a Galaxy S phone anymore because since Marshmallow the proprietary software on the Samsung devices is actually pretty decent. But for tweaking, hacking, playing with firmwares the OP3 is top of the heap atm, at least until the new HTC Nexus' drop.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
I ditched my S7 Edge Exynos because:

1. I never really liked its camera and all the post processing that it did to the photos.

2. I know reviewers say it has the best camera but I never really liked Samsung's decision to move to 12mp camera. I actually liked the camera of Note 5 best.

3. That physical home button makes navigation slower. OnePlus 3 got the buttons right and navigation is much faster.

4. Yes Touchwiz has become faster and I never experienced any lag, I still felt like I didn't really need all features

5. Note 7 will be out very soon and as you may know, Samsung devices lose value and become obsolate once new flagship comes out.

On the other hand, OnePlus 3 has just an average display and an average battery size (which I think that should have been bigger), however I still manage to get very close SOT to what I used to get with the Edge and Oxygen OS has been optimized really well. Also, I prefer the 16mp camera because picture detail is there even after zoom in. I also missed stock android and a device which I could root and still not lose warranty. At the end it is up to the user. Whether you like Touchwiz or stock android. I should should give credit to Oneplus 3 for using real metal, strong metal. Huawei used soft metal on the Nexus 6P and I couldn't stand that phone. Battery life was just average also.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] drummerman:
I have both as per my signature. The decision to change my P9000 for the Op3 as a second driver was more difficult than I thought. The sRGB update did it in the end.

The Edge was always going to stay.

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Disagree. The 12mp galaxy camera resolves more detail IMO despite the mp disadvantage. - Dont like the processing ... ? Shoot raw.

As to older Samsung's becoming obsolete ... Here in the UK the S6 series is still sold amongst the new line and it looks like it will continue to do so for some time.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
They still get sold of course but Samsung doesn't keep them top priority in the update list. Also I use RAW ehen I have my DSLR. I like my phones to point and shoot without putting too much thought into it. Glad you like the 12mp camera better though. I still prefer the 16mp cameras.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] malek777:
Oneplus's updates take even longer than samsung, even though they only have 3 devices to update. Samsung has hundreds and they still manage to push updates

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I think if you get the oneplus at this moment you're going to regret your decision. the release of the next nexus isn't far off. By that time your oneplus wouldn't be worth much.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
It is open source. Doesn't matter when official releases come from OnePlus. Also Nexus release is 3 months away. Too long until then. By the way, Oneplus phones keep market value better than any android smartphone I have noticed.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] malek777:
It's open source but not everything works without the official firmware. Maybe it does hold its value bit it's not an easy sell.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
You actually got a point about the not bring easy sell part lol. I keep changing phones everytime a new one comes out. Will see how long it takes me to get tired of the Oneplus 3. I know that I am always excited about Samsung phones, but then they feel nothing special. I am sure I would have sticked to Nexus 6P if battery wasn't so poor due to the SD810 processor or the cheap metal they used to build that phone.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] egren58:
I left the s7 for the op3 not a single regret
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] 850T5m:
I never owned an S7...but I just wanna say I've been getting daily comments/compliments on my OP3

It's a really well built, good looking phone...lol

People are all intrigued when they see it
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] jlbuck6212:
You are in a oneplus 3 forum. If you want a locked bootloader unless you get the international version then get the s7. If you want a phone that is a pain in the ass to root and unstable after you root it then get a s7. If you want a gangster ass phone with 6gb of ram and the best developer support that I've ever seen then get the oneplus 3
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] kovacsabesz:
I have got Galaxy S7... +Gear VR..

I'm thinking about OP 3..but I live my Galaxy S7...

If we get Miui on it,(my god) S7 be the best phone ever...

I think I will wait for the next Nexus....
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
Guys, S7 Edge is totally different from the S7.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] malek777:
Hold onto your s7 edge once the nexus gets released trade it for that. Someone out there will want to move from a nexus to an s7 edge but I sure you no one will want to trade their nexus for a onplus 3 lol
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
Yeah by that time the S7 Edge will cost $400 while new Nexus will cost $600.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] malek777:
I don't know how much it will cost by then but certainly more than a oneplus.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] taphius:
#2 is same as me, Note 5 and Lg g4/g5 are superior cameras imo. The s7's processing is horrible
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
Math is done differently though. You calculate how much it has dropped compared to what you paid. Sale price of S7 Edge is $650+ tax? OP3 is $399. From my past experinces a mint condition OnePlus flagship, you could still sell it after 5 months for $35 less than retail price.

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Yes. I tried hard to like the S7 camera but it wasn't possible. My Note 5 took better pictures IMO
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] malek777:
That would be true if there was still an invite system.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] thanhnvt194:
sold s7edge 2 month ago, now use OP3

it battery & camera is better, touchwiz sucks , nothing to play with roms..... so i choose OP3.

with samsung exynos, you're like running an android powered iphone with better spec, no fun
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Abaddon:
my wife has the s7 and I've got the OP3 coming from the 6p

well I'd choose the OP3 ofcourse.

rear camera on the s7 is a bit better for me because of it's software magic etc2.

the s7 is a great device imho. but it lacks aosp/cm roms and I doubt it will ever happen.

op3 has better battery life, far greater rom support. the only downside is there's no sdcard slot but it ain't a deal breaker for me. the big plus is the price.

it's a future proof phone if you're gonna use it long term.
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] _MartyMan_:
If you ask me, i recommend the OnePlus 3. I know benchmarks are not a big deal, but my 6P did the ~same score of my friend's S7. Btw i couldn't beat the S7 Edge. In my opinion, touchwiz improved, but not that much compared to my S6. Developing is slow on Exynos,(As i know Samsung won't release source code for it) and rooting trips Knox counter, which you can't reset. If you want a bit better camera, 1440p display, SD Card slot, and don't want to root/xposed, ROMs etc. go for the S7 Edge. But in my opinion, OP3 is almost the same device with ~half of the price. And if you are interested in rooting, and flashing ROMs, then definetly go for the OP 3 :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] antonof:
hi!

I have really bad/no wireless signal from my router which is just 4 meters and one wall away, while my MacBook shows full strength at the same spot.

I'm using Black ROM 3.0.1. And I have set signal to "Best Performance" at the wifi settings.

Is there any SW to improve this issue? Is there anything at all to help me?

Thanks!