6p Battery

[Jaramie10]

Hey guys, I have had my nexus 6p for a little less than a week and its been a pleasant experience. Battery life has been god awful. 2.5 hours of SOT to 4 hours of SOT. I'm not getting the 6+ hours other are claiming and its frustrating since I'm coming from a G4 that had 2 hours of SOT to 3 hours of SOT if you turned everything off.

Any ideas or tips for me? I have my location set to high accuracy mode, I'm using google and have my emails always fetching. Your help is needed and I am trying to figure out if I have a defective unit or not.

 

[anon(677651)]

Re: 6p

I would first look at the battery status to see what's sucking up all your juices.

If there is a particular battery draining app, I'd disable it.

Next try changing your background to mostly darker colors. The screen will take most of your battery power... Having more dark colors on the screen theoretically will be more energy efficient.

Also try lowering the screen brightness as much as possible. Just make sure it's comfortable enough for you to read.

 

[PhiPsi32]

Re: 6p

You can see what people are saying on the 6P battery thread

nexus 6p battery

 

[jam4775]

Re: 6p

Honestly every time I've ever had any major battery issues with a phone I do a factory reset... This has absolutely worked every single time.

I also do a factory reset right away every time I get a new phone. When I get the phone I get it connected to my carrier and then before I do any other setup I do a factory reset. I don't know why but several times I've had a buggy install of the OS out of the box so now I just do a factory reset right away.

Another time I also always do a factory reset is after a major OS update.

 

[Aridon]

Re: 6p

Get a battery stat app and see where the power is going.

 

[jojoe42]

Re: 6p

Hey guys, I have had my nexus 6p for a little less than a week and its been a pleasant experience. Battery life has been god awful. 2.5 hours of SOT to 4 hours of SOT. I'm not getting the 6+ hours other are claiming and its frustrating since I'm coming from a G4 that had 2 hours of SOT to 3 hours of SOT if you turned everything off.

Any ideas or tips for me? I have my location set to high accuracy mode, I'm using google and have my emails always fetching. Your help is needed and I am trying to figure out if I have a defective unit or not.

As I found out high accuracy drains battery like no tomorrow. Besides, the power-saving mode is still accurate enough for most things. Have you checked out what other apps have usage in the battery section?

 

[anon(8938849)]

Re: 6p

As I found out high accuracy drains battery like no tomorrow. Besides, the power-saving mode is still accurate enough for most things. Have you checked out what other apps have usage in the battery section?

I always use high accuracy. I refuse to pay hundreds of dollars for a product and then not be able to use that product to its full potential out of fear of battery life, or anything else for that matter. I've still been getting 5 1/2 to 6 hrs sot with a full days use on my 6p.

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[scottysize]

Re: 6p

I've never gotten the 6+ hours of SOT on any Android device that others always say they get. The G4 was the same way. Everyone claimed 6 hours of SOT and I was lucky to get 2. The Edge + I'm using now, everyone claims 6+ hours of SOT, but I'm very lucky to get 2.5 to 3. So, just because you're not getting what everyone else says they are, I wouldn't worry about it. It all depends on how you use it, and how your signal is throughout the day. I use mine as a hotspot all evening and night, so my SOT is lower than everyone else because I'm using my battery more. Also, my signal at work sucks, so I have to leave it on the charger at work.

My point? Stop worrying about everyone's SOT. Compare it to your devices that you've used in the past. Is it better? Then you're good. Is it worse? Then try an FDR. But don't monitor a battery in the first week or two because it takes that long for it to normalize and start running right.

 

[N4Newbie]

Re: 6p

The single, most important, thing you can do to improve battery life is to turn down your screen brightness; the difference in power consumption between 60% brightness and 35% can be enormous.

 

[pr627]

Re: 6p

Hey guys, I have had my nexus 6p for a little less than a week and its been a pleasant experience. Battery life has been god awful. 2.5 hours of SOT to 4 hours of SOT. I'm not getting the 6+ hours other are claiming and its frustrating since I'm coming from a G4 that had 2 hours of SOT to 3 hours of SOT if you turned everything off.

Any ideas or tips for me? I have my location set to high accuracy mode, I'm using google and have my emails always fetching. Your help is needed and I am trying to figure out if I have a defective unit or not.

try these tips to extend your battery life: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6090599?hl=en&ref_topic=6023299

 

[Jaramie10]

Re: 6p

Hey guys, I cant respond on my 6p for some reason. The AC app isnt working and tells me I am not authorized to comment.

As for the tips, I'll try to do all of them and get back to you guys.

 

[Almeuit]

Re: 6p

You can see what people are saying on the 6P battery thread

nexus 6p battery

Please see this thread. Thanks!