Will T-Mobile Nexus 6 ever get 6.0?
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It's good to know that MRA58X is going out over the air even though the factory image has yet to be posted!
ffejjj
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Just got the update. Phone is restarting now.
As for why I need to keep this phone for no less than 4 years its not because of an actual contractual obligation.
My dad just drilled into me the importance of maximizing the utility of everything I buy and since Google is now supporting Nexi for 4 years (2 next OSs and 1 additional year of security patches) I can't justify upgrading early because the phone still works well (except for the battery falling apart).
As for why not just get a replacement battery the problem is I have no background in electronics whatsoever. Thus I'm unwilling to risk permanetnly damaging my phone by trying to take it apart to replace the battery.
I could send it in to a third party battery replacer but that leaves 2 main problems.
1. It costs $75 and for $50 or less you can get an enormous top shelf external battery with capacity of 20,000 mAh capacity and QC 3.0.
2. I'd have to be without my phone for a week and that is just not doable given that I need my phone for work.
Getting a backup phone is even more expensive than paying for the $75 professional battery replacement so I'm stuck.
On the plus side think back to 2011 and the Galaxy Nexus. Imagine if you were finally upgrading and getting a Nexus 6P with 128 GB of storage. How much of an upgrade would that be? Its the same reason I own my cars until they fall to pieces. A new car every 2-3 years? How much does car tech change in that time? But 15 years? Well that's night and day. My next car is going to be a 2016 Prius 2 Eco, 56 MPG and like the Starship Enterprise compared to the junker I'm driving now!
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So I have a Google Nexus 6 from Google.... I bought it used, had a issue, Motorola swapped it under warranty... So I popped my T-Mobile Sim in and I started to get updates and November security updated... I'm on LMY 48X, NO marshmallow. My question is who will send me a update? Motorola? Google? Or T-Mobile? Thanks in advance for your help.
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With a T-Mobile SIM you should be getting updates from T-Mobile. And you should be on 5.1.1 build LMY28N, which enables T-Mobile's WiFi calling.
Hey. Just found a link to the OTA from LYZ28N to MRA58X on the XDA site:
Here is the ota zip for T-mobile Only. I received it on data connection once I manually flashed to LYZ28N.
MRA58X from LYZ28N ota link is here
https://android.googleapis.com/pack...ed-shamu-MRA58X-from-LYZ28N-new-timestamp.zip
Here's the XDA URL if you don't trust me: [REF] Nexus 6 Stock OTA URLs - Pg. 99 | Nexus 6 | XDA Forums
Here is the ota zip for T-mobile Only. I received it on data connection once I manually flashed to LYZ28N.
MRA58X from LYZ28N ota link is here
https://android.googleapis.com/pack...ed-shamu-MRA58X-from-LYZ28N-new-timestamp.zip
Here's the XDA URL if you don't trust me: [REF] Nexus 6 Stock OTA URLs - Pg. 99 | Nexus 6 | XDA Forums
Depending how 'active' you are with the phone, you'll see a sizable to enormous increase in battery life (in standby, drain is negligible with Doze).
Keep an eye out for anything that legitimately represents a condition that is failing under warranty while you're still within your first year (or even second, if you paid for it with a credit card that extend the manufacturer's warranty - a fact most people forget or are unaware of, and a value provided under most credit cards. If you have an issue covered in that time, you're likely to receive a replacement that would have a new battery (albeit the device itself might be refurbished).
In the future if you're going to be holding on to a phone for more than 2 years, I recommend waiting the 6-8 months or even year after release until the device takes its first price drop (consider that the N6 can be had now for $300). Doing so won't have you enjoying the 'latest of the latest' at any point, but over that long of a term it would be a shortlived thing anyway, and you're cutting your effective cost in half.
As to the battery itself, I'm surprised you're having issues after a year of use. If it's conspicuously bad, you could try contacting Google if you bought it from the Play store - even if it's not directly covered under the warranty, they're likely sitting on a large stock of refurbished units since they have still managed their own warranty service for the N6, and you might catch a rep who willing to accommodate a replacement. While it's reasonable to expect some degradation of life, you should, even with daily charging, be retaining probably 85-90% of original life. That said, I've yet to have owned any Li-Ion/Li-Po battery offer reasonably functional performance beyond about 3 years.
Since my nexus 6 is from Verizon but I had it on Consumer Cellular for a couple of months and received the October update (which I am still on). The October update also brought on the Att build number LMY48W so I am guessing even though I am using t-mobile I will still have to wait for att or flash a tmo build on there. I guess I'll find out sooner or later when att does something.
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