Battery Life on 6P

[GeekJump]

Hola,

 

Activated my 6p yesterday and it came with 40% charge. By the time I was done getting updates and activating service it was down to ~25% so I charged it to 100% and left it alone for the night (unplugged the charger once it was full).

 

From what I read, this phone not only has good battery but also features like Doze to help extend life. But from 100% at around 10PM, I woke up to find it already at 90% at 6:30AM. That sounds to fast to me.

 

Its 9:50 AM now and my phone is sitting in on my desk and it's at 83%. 

 

Am I just being paranoid or is there something wrong? Tips for better battery life?

 

• Phone: Nexus 6p // Graphite // 64 GB // Project Fi // running latest ver. of Marshmallow 
• Brightness set almost complete low
• Wifi/Bluetooth/Data have all been off since about 8AM
• Only installed a few apps (banking, twitter, relay, etc.) but according to my battery screen no apps are running in the background to cause drain.
• Don't have 'battery saver' mode active all the time but have it set to turn on at 15%

[ZetZet]

1. Relax

2. Use it longer. Impossible to tell from that short amount of time. Give it a couple of days. All kinds of shit updating and stuff.

 

 

Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

good program that gives clear details of what's going on.

 

 

 

 

Also I highly recommend never turning wi-fi off. Stuff glitches out and updates pile up. In my personal experience wi-fi should be always on. I only turn it off if it's less reliable in some places than my 4G.

 

Normally I have both data and wi-fi on, doesn't seem to change my battery life.

 

 

 

 

Oh and in your particular case try to disable google fit as soon as possible. It's so broken it's unbelievable. I think google fit is included in Nexus phones.

[dappy10]

Sorry bro, my S6 would literally die by then. Trade phones?

[ZetZet]

Sorry bro, my S6 would literally die by then. Trade phones?

Uhm. What do you do with your phone? S6 lasts a solid day if you know what you are doing. Some people could get two days out of S6.

[dappy10]

Uhm. What do you do with your phone? S6 lasts a solid day if you know what you are doing. Some people could get two days out of S6.

I don't know bro, I'm planning on taking it to my local ATT to get it checked. I might just restore it myself but the battery is pretty shite.

[Venomz1337]

Uhm. What do you do with your phone? S6 lasts a solid day if you know what you are doing. Some people could get two days out of S6.

 

"If you know what you're doing". We got a pro phone user over here.. Better at using a phone than anyone else.

[ZetZet]

"If you know what you're doing". We got a pro phone user over here.. Better at using a phone than anyone else.

People install apps that glitch out and drain their battery and don't check what's actually happening. Happens way too often. Some games drain like 20% overnight just because they are awful.

 

Marshmallow actually got a feature to fix this problem with Doze, but s6 doesn't have marshmallow, yet.

[GeekJump]

1. Relax

2. Use it longer. Impossible to tell from that short amount of time. Give it a couple of days. All kinds of shit updating and stuff.

 

Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

good program that gives clear details of what's going on.

 

Also I highly recommend never turning wi-fi off. Stuff glitches out and updates pile up. In my personal experience wi-fi should be always on. I only turn it off if it's less reliable in some places than my 4G.

 

Normally I have both data and wi-fi on, doesn't seem to change my battery life.

 

Oh and in your particular case try to disable google fit as soon as possible. It's so broken it's unbelievable. I think google fit is included in Nexus phones.

 

Like I said, I'm paranoid lol. I'm familiar/comfortable with most tech EXCEPT mobile. This phone is literally world's better than my last phone (S3, died with everything off -on- idle in under 3 hours).

 

I'm used to automatically turning wi-fi and data off when I'm at work or out and about (leave it on at home)  to save battery so I guess I'll leave it on and test it out. I checked the app manager and I couldn't see anything major that would cause drain.

 

Isn't Doze automatic? I purposely put my phone away from me last night so as not to disturb it but there was still a decent grain. I heard the 6p on standby/doze should only lose about 1-2% overnight.

[ZetZet]

Like I said, I'm paranoid lol. I'm familiar/comfortable with most tech EXCEPT mobile. This phone is literally world's better than my last phone (S3, died with everything off -on- idle in under 3 hours).

 

I'm used to automatically turning wi-fi and data off when I'm at work or out and about (leave it on at home)  to save battery so I guess I'll leave it on and test it out. I checked the app manager and I couldn't see anything major that would cause drain.

 

Isn't Doze automatic? I purposely put my phone away from me last night so as not to disturb it but there was still a decent grain. I heard the 6p on standby/doze should only lose about 1-2% overnight.

Yes, it should be automatic. 

I recommend trying GSam battery monitor. Who knows what's going on, it makes it very clear.

[GeekJump]

Yes, it should be automatic. 

I recommend trying GSam battery monitor. Who knows what's going on, it makes it very clear.

 

I'll download it when I get home. Perhaps I overreacted. I was diddling with my phone during lunch and it only dropped ~3% during that time (checking mail, surfing dat imgur, etc.)

 

Maybe that 10% drop last night was a random occurrence