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  1. TexasBadger

    Battery Life Improvement when using Google Photos

    Several months ago, I got a LG Watch Urbane and paired it with my N6. It was a good marriage, but always-on Bluetooth caused a real dip in my N6 battery life. I never could find a solution, until today. It turns out that a big battery killer is the Google Photos app, which syncs to the cloud...
  2. C

    Does the fact that the battery isn't user replaceable disturb you?

    The fact that the Nexus 6 doesn't have a removable memory card doesn't annoy me . A non-user replaceable seems to me, limits the useful life of the phone. Is it a case of planned obsolescents? How do you feel?
  3. edisonmendoza

    Picture orientation is changed automatically in gallery

    Hi, I have a Nexus 6 device, and 2 days ago I started to have an issue. After I took a picture using default android camera app, the picture is rotated 180 degrees when I opened the gallery to check my pictures. It ocurrs with portrait pictures (rotates 180), and when took a landscape picture...
  4. electricpete

    Root Instructions for installing Xposed on rooted N6 running Marshmallow

    You may have heard that Xposed is available on Marshmallow. In fact a large list of modules are already updated/working on marshmallow, as listed here Xposed for marshmallow installation is a little tricky. I spent awhile reading through this Nexus 6 xposed marshmallow thread to find some...
  5. electricpete

    Root What root apps/mods make sense specifically for Nexus 6

    Thanks to help from scaryalien and Rxpert83, my Nexus 6 is newly rooted. There are a couple of things I'm thinking about doing that are specifically related to the Nexus 6. Here's what comes to mind: 1 - Unbelievably, the N6 has no Miracast support. I see my elderly Mom in a home every day...
  6. PolarBlue

    How many GB exactly is your internal storage?

    I'm currently using 4.41 GB out of 54.65 GB on a 64GB Nexus 6. Just wondering what people's total storage reading is. I thought I had closer to 58GB total before flashing to Marshmallow but I could be wrong.
  7. electricpete

    Help poor touch sensitivity in certain apps (Droid48)?

    I've been installing apps on my new Nexus 6 (running 6.0.1) and all apps seem working fine so far, except one: droid48 engineering calculator (emulation of the HP48). In order to register a tap on a button/key in that app on my N6, I have to leave my finger on the key for some period of...
  8. PolarBlue

    Root "The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected"

    After flashing from LMY48Z 5.1.1 to MMB29K 6.0.1, I had a couple issues. I fixed the issue where it said I had half the GB available on the phone than I should have I think (now it says I have 54.65GB on a 64GB phone...hope this is as it should be). The other issue is when I go to copy a file...
  9. chrisjdurden

    Unlocked nexus 6 on metro pcs can't get hotspot to work

    I've got an unlocked Nexus 6 activate on Metro PCS. My plan allows me 8 gigs of wireless hotspot. When I turn on the hotspot, my devices will connect, but they tell me they can't connect to the server or that the internet isn't available. Both Metro PCS and Motorola said that it should be...
  10. K

    Root Can't Root My Phone

    Okay so here's the situation, I've rooted many time before and I've even rooted on my Nexus 6 once, but I am now having trouble installing superSU onto my device. I've tried flashing a new factory image, factory reseting and then flashing twrp v.2.8.7.1 to get a clean slate. However every time...
  11. Micheleignoto

    Root No more push notifications on any email app

    Hello, I recently updated my Nexus 6 from CM12.1 to CM13. Since then none of my oush notification on any email app (gmail, inbix, outlook) would work. I have to manually go on the app and scroll down to refresh. I checked all my setting and everything is spot on. Any help? Thanks
  12. O

    Root Root and Update?

    Since the 6.0.1 update is out, is it necessary to disable root to prevent bricking the phone, or anything bad in particular, or can I just flash the update manually and be fine?
  13. Slipknot8Wwe

    Root [Rom] Flyme OS by MELLOWroms (12-4th-2015) (STABLE) (Unofficial) (Xposed)

    Flyme OS by MELLOWroms Hello and welcome to Flyme OS by MELLOWroms. First of let me start off by saying my name is Josh and I am the creator of MELLOWroms. My idea of a perfect rom is a rom that has great BATTERY life but still very fast and stable with a great theme that is not only...
  14. Seanmmvi

    Nexus 6 W/ Marshmallow screen on time

    hey guys, Im tired of my Note 4 and touchwiz. The benefit of the removable battery and SD Card slot arent out weighing the cons of an aging Samsung phone. I want a Nexus phone, I'm super torn Between the Nexus 6 and the Nexus 6P. The 6P is the newest and prettiest no doubt, Id love to have...
  15. C

    Root [KERNEL] Starship-Kernel The Next Generation Stock/AOSP & CM-13 03/28/16 (Linaro 4.9)

    Welcome to Starship Kernel The Next Generation (TNG) for the Nexus 6 Shamu. Not much else to say other than more than ever the Kernel is by design light wait, power efficient and moves at Warp Speed. There are no special features to play around with but instead designed to just be installed and...
  16. O

    Help Nexus 6 6.0 update

    Hi I have a nexus 6 and was wondering if there is anyone else that has also not received the 6.0 update ota yet. I'm not too keen on flashing it on my device. My build number is LMY47Z purchased from a grey market Hong Kong website and shipped to Australia. Thanks in advance for any replies.
  17. J

    Hide Developer Options - Marshmallow

    I tried to find how to hide developer options and the "old" way of clearing the settings data was not exactly available. There is one additional step in 6.0. Here it is: 1. Open Settings 2. Select Apps 3. Ensure All Apps appears in the drop down menu 4. Select Settings 5. Select Storage...
  18. racinmason001

    Root Call blocking apps not working...

    This issue started about a month ago. None of the call blocker apps work to block calls anymore. The only thing that works is the stock blacklist feature built into the Google dialer. Does anyone else have this problem? Did you fix it? If so, how? I'm running the SlimLP 0.9 beta build.
  19. Outatime

    Root Anyone have trouble rooting MM MRA58K?

    I've done this twice now and failed both times. I am not using the OTA version. I flashed MRA58K via Wugs from the Nexus OS webpage. After doing so, I updated Wugs. My bootloader is still unlocked. I went to root. Get the three files pushed. Use TWRP to flash them in the correct...
  20. shalemail

    AT&T to begin offering WiFi calling

    Looks like they got the FCC Exemption they have been waiting on. http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9466279/att-wi-fi-calling-fcc-waiver Should be nice for those of us with Nexuses Nexii .... with a Nexus phone. :D
  21. C

    Any issues using android pay?

    has anyone tried the android pay on the nexus 6? I tried to use it at subway. it would not take at all. I had NFC turned on and I know that my account is all setup on the app.
  22. ShanDroyd

    Root Will Beta 3 Marshmallow 6.0 get official OTA pushed?

    I am running an unlocked Nexus 6, with boot loader unlocked, and rooted to install official beta 3 Android 6.0. Phone is set up fully stock, nothing frozen or removed, and even though it was rooted to install this update, there are no root apps on phone, and no "unlocked" icon at boot up. When...
  23. lotus49

    Help All my alarms are silent [SOLVED]

    I overslept this morning because my alarm went off but did so silently. This was working on Sunday morning but I have tested it this morning and, although alarms do go off and the phone does vibrate if that option is ticked, the alarm is silent, which clearly isn't much use. I am not in...
  24. M

    Help Nexus 6, torrents not working on mobile data

    Hello I have a nexus 6. I've been trying to download on bit torrent using multiple apps like flud, TT torrent and u torrent etc. However when on mobile data my download speed seems to be limited to about 1kbs. (On 4g speed test return results of 35 to 40 mbs) I have allowed downloading on mobile...
  25. CharlieD

    Smartlock stopped working

    I've used smartlock to unlock without a PIN in my home and work locations. All of a sudden it stopped working. Now when I go to Settings -> Security -> Smart Lock -> enter PIN all I see is a blank white screen. There should be items to let me see trusted places, etc. None of that is there...
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