N6 arriving in one week.

[anon(55900)]

I purchased a N6 today and need to get up to date on what's going on with these.

When I do a factory restore will it automatically update to Marshmallow?

Another thing, I typically only use 4-6 Apps over the include Android functions. fb, waze, Android Central, being three. My main concern is not so much having Apps constantly 'looking' for updates but rather like my Apps et so that the never update until I open them up. So, my concern is maximum battery life. Is it still the best way is to go App by App and change settings? If there are any sneaky Apps that still go active is there a way to be advised so it can be deleted or shut off?

 

[LeoRex]

Is this a used phone? Referb? A factory reset will put you back at the same OS level it was before you clicked that button.... all it does is torpedo the userdata partitions and blast away all the customizations. So if it had 6.0.1 when you receive it, it'll have 6.0.1 when you reset. If it is a honest-to-goodness 'new in box' specimen, which is exceedingly rare I would chance a guess, then it will come loaded with 5.0.... and once you power that sucker up, you'll have to travel the long, step by step road up to 6.0.1. You might have to load several different OTA files.

Of those, Facebook's... BY FAR... the worse offender. Waze doesn't really do anything unless it is loaded and AC has a simple radio button to toggle if you want notifications or not, etc. Facebook will kill your battery simply out of spite, no matter what you have it set to.

But seeing as apps differ wildly on how they handle background data updates and notifications, etc, you are still kind of stuck admin'ing them app by app.

 

[SactoKingsFan]

It doesn't just automatically update. You should get a notification for available software updates.

You can set apps to only manually update in play store settings.

Using black wallpaper and dark app themes, setting brightness as low as possible, using lowest screen timeout setting and disabling auto sync can make a big difference with battery life. Doze also helps if the phone sits still for a while.

 

[anon(55900)]

Is this a used phone? Referb?

> It's a used, private sellor, 32GB White, $200.00 US Like New. Had conversation with seller. On Amazon.

A factory reset will put you back at the same OS level it was before you clicked that button.... all it does is torpedo the userdata partitions and blast away all the customizations. So if it had 6.0.1 when you receive it, it'll have 6.0.1 when you reset. If it is a honest-to-goodness 'new in box' specimen, which is exceedingly rare I would chance a guess, then it will come loaded with 5.0.... and once you power that sucker up, you'll have to travel the long, step by step road up to 6.0.1. You might have to load several different OTA files.

Of those, Facebook's... BY FAR... the worse offender. Waze doesn't really do anything unless it is loaded and AC has a simple radio button to toggle if you want notifications or not, etc. Facebook will kill your battery simply out of spite, no matter what you have it set to.

But seeing as apps differ wildly on how they handle background data updates and notifications, etc, you are still kind of stuck admin'ing them app by app.

It seems MM has a lot of new features to help control and conserve power.

 

[anon(55900)]

It doesn't just automatically update. You should get a notification for available software updates.

You can set apps to only manually update in play store settings.

Using black wallpaper and dark app themes, setting brightness as low as possible, using lowest screen timeout setting and disabling auto sync can make a big difference with battery life. Doze also helps if the phone sits still for a while.

Great suggestions, Also, since it's unlocked, it has been two years since I worked on my Nexus 4's but I was able to install images on my own if need be to get it up to Marshmallow ASAP.

 

[LeoRex]

It seems MM has a lot of new features to help control and conserve power.

There are, and even more with N, which the 6 will also get.

If it was in use, you almost certainly have 6.0.1 already. But I would suggest you take it one step further... I'd completely wipe the phone and load the most recent factory image from Google. That assures you have a clean factory image. It's pretty simple.

 

[jj14x]

My main concern is not so much having Apps constantly 'looking' for updates but rather like my Apps et so that the never update until I open them up. So, my concern is maximum battery life. Is it still the best way is to go App by App and change settings? If there are any sneaky Apps that still go active is there a way to be advised so it can be deleted or shut off?

I think you are not asking about app itself updating from google play store, but instead, about apps downloading new information (like Email app pulling new Emails). If that is what you are looking for, you can disable background data for those apps

 

[anon(55900)]

I think you are not asking about app itself updating from google play store, but instead, about apps downloading new information (like Email app pulling new Emails). If that is what you are looking for, you can disable background data for those apps

Anything that on line in the background looking for my location, or updates, or new messages,. If they get pushed externally that would OK with, like text and email coming thru on their own like a phone call. I don't like auto update either for other than Google stuff.

 

[anon(55900)]

There are, and even more with N, which the 6 will also get.

If it was in use, you almost certainly have 6.0.1 already. But I would suggest you take it one step further... I'd completely wipe the phone and load the most recent factory image from Google. That assures you have a clean factory image. It's pretty simple.

Well I got good news, the phone arrived already wiped and after start up, went into setup. But the first notice that came up before getting into setup was that this phone was registered for Android N Beta, after setup I looked at About Phone and sure enough it was running Android 7. Nice, unexpected surprise.

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[anon(9072051)]

Cool!

But just to play safe (if you yourself didn't register the phone with the Beta program), you might want to visit the link below and sign in to your Google account to make sure that the phone is associated with your Google account. The link should take you to a Beta program page that lists your phone as "currently enrollled."

https://www.google.com/android/beta?u=0

 

[GPuba]

Cool!

But just to play safe (if you yourself didn't register the phone with the Beta program), you might want to visit the link below and sign in to your Google account to make sure that the phone is associated with your Google account. The link should take you to a Beta program page that lists your phone as "currently enrollled."

https://www.google.com/android/beta?u=0

Absolutely correct!

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