Boot up

[donebrasko]

I'd there a way to quicken the time it takes to boot up the nexus 6?

 

[LeoRex]

About the only way is to decrypt the data, which is destructive, but once you load everything back in, boot times should improve a little.

Other than that, there's not much you can do.

 

[donebrasko]

OK I noticed a big difference between the nexus 6 and other Android phones

 

[danielson2047]

Unencrypt and profit

 

[donebrasko]

Unencrypt and profit

Could you explain? What did they do differently with decrypt and unencrypt?

 

[TacoKingYo]

Could you explain? What did they do differently with decrypt and unencrypt?

I believe decrypt=unencrypt because technically the phone unencrypts all of the data when it's loading up, and it goes right back to encrypted when you're shutting the phone down.
The phone already has a lot to do when powering on, the encrypted data just adds a little bit more time. However, it is extremely safer. And by that, i mean it is extremely safer.
If you're just gonna keep the phone lying around the house for games and such and not have a lot of extremely personal information on the phone (in other words, use the phablet for more of a tablet than a phone) then go ahead and decrypt
Otherwise, I don't recommend decrypting

 

[Ed Briggs]

However, it is extremely safer. And by that, i mean it is extremely safer.

Safer from what? Most phones are not encrypted, and I have yet to hear of anyone having their phone hacked. (will wait for TacoKingYo to google for instances of it) What am I supposed to be afraid of? People have been using unencrypted phones for years now, and I have yet to see one thing on the news or anyone I know have a problem. So what is this big mobile "threat"?

If it was that big of a deal, all phones would be encrypted from the factory. But alas, there are those among us donning tinfoil hats. It suits those people for sure.

 

[n-strike]

My Nexus 6 booted up in ~1m30s with Lollipop. Marshmallow cut that time in half with ~45 seconds.

 

[donebrasko]

I'm coming from an s6 and boot times are no where close

 

[LeoRex]

I believe decrypt=unencrypt because technically the phone unencrypts all of the data when it's loading up, and it goes right back to encrypted when you're shutting the phone down.

Not quite true.. when the phone is running, it actively decrypts and re-encrypts data as it reads and writes.... and this is where the performance issues come from. Google, for whatever reason, is not using a much more efficient hardware based encryption... so the method in the Nexus 6 and 5X/6P has a lot of overhead while all that data is processed.

As for the boot times... yes, 6.0 saw an improvement in boot times, but it is still not instant. Encryption slows things a bit, but there is quite a few other processes at play. Google could streamline things a bit, but from my perspective, I don't think it is a pressing problem. The vast majority of people have their phones running 24/7 and only occasionally power down or reboot their phones. If the phone takes a minute, rather than 30 seconds, to boot... I don't think that is a big issue.