Google Pixel 6/6 Pro

kona786 · 16 May 2022 at 14:09

What's everyone's mobile network battery consumption like for the last 24hrs.

Mine's around 27%. Sound about right?

Orcvader · 16 May 2022 at 14:20

kona786 said:
What's everyone's mobile network battery consumption like for the last 24hrs.

Mine's around 27%. Sound about right?

17%. Although I have forced it back to 4G now due to 5G not being fully stable when travelling between home and work.

xb8browney · 16 May 2022 at 14:25

19% here

kona786 · 16 May 2022 at 15:20

Not great on mine then. I'm on 5G.

_Jimlad_ · 16 May 2022 at 17:19

Well at least they have not stuck the same fps in the 6a.

LiE · 16 May 2022 at 17:19

_Jimlad_ said:
Well at least they have not stuck the same fps in the 6a.

Yup, probably gone even more budget

Richie · 16 May 2022 at 19:10

30% network for me.

Bear in mind, the more you use your phone, it's likely this will be lower as it's a percentage rather than a certain overall time.

_Jimlad_ · 16 May 2022 at 19:39

LiE said:
Yup, probably gone even more budget

I am not sure they can go any lower

AndyCr15 · 16 May 2022 at 19:43

Unless they make it so you have to take a photo of your thumb and email it to someone at Google, who then checks it and lets you in to your phone... it couldn't be any slower...

kona786 · 17 May 2022 at 09:06

Richie said:
30% network for me.

Bear in mind, the more you use your phone, it's likely this will be lower as it's a percentage rather than a certain overall time.

Very true.

I get between 4 to 6 hrs on the pro, SoT.

Though recently I just top up through the day and don't do a full charge anymore.

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SAM81 · 19 May 2022 at 07:29

Orcvader said:
Was out on holiday for the weekend and did not have to use my battery bank at all during the day, just normal charging at the hotel. 16 hours off the charger from full and it had around 26% battery left. Mostly used to take photos so not too extreme on the battery. Had solid 5G all the way.

@SAM81 did you restore from a backup? I started from fresh so not sure if that could maybe help. I also have adaptive connectivity turned off, maybe it's somehow causing the extra drain.

I simply logged into my Google account when setting it up. Seemed to have restored contacts, apps etc. Does this count?

Orcvader · 19 May 2022 at 09:26

SAM81 said:
I simply logged into my Google account when setting it up. Seemed to have restored contacts, apps etc. Does this count?

There's an option to restore backup during setup, if it restored apps, then yes. It'll restore phone settings too which sometimes can cause conflicts.

SAM81 · 19 May 2022 at 11:28

Orcvader said:
There's an option to restore backup during setup, if it restored apps, then yes. It'll restore phone settings too which sometimes can cause conflicts.

Thanks.

The main thing I'd be worried about it loosing contacts data. Anyway of backing this up without needing a restore?

Keen to try a fresh start but contacts being kept is a must

Orcvader · 19 May 2022 at 11:29

SAM81 said:
Thanks.

The main thing I'd be worried about it loosing contacts data. Anyway of backing this up without needing a restore?

Keen to try a fresh start but contacts being kept is a must

Contacts data will be synced over without needing to restore since it's saved directly to your Google account. You can check here: https://contacts.google.com/

LiE · 19 May 2022 at 11:43

I think I want to grab a Pixel 6, ideally I'd wait for the Pixel 7 and grab a Pixel 5 in the interim but the Pixel 5 used prices are not far off the Pixel 6 prices!

mid_gen · 19 May 2022 at 12:33

I'll be all over a 6 Pro if they add face unlock....I can't use fingerprint readers....feel like a right neanderthal having to put a PIN in all the time.

Btone · 19 May 2022 at 13:33

mid_gen said:
I'll be all over a 6 Pro if they add face unlock....I can't use fingerprint readers....feel like a right neanderthal having to put a PIN in all the time.

I send my 6 pro back for that reason. loved it for everything else. but found the finger print scanner was just bad. it work about 95% if my hand were clean. but less that 50 if i had any dirt on them at all. and as a farmer it just didn't work. funny enough the old scanner on the 3 never failed me. same fingers same conductions. Didn't realize how much i would miss the face scanner on the 4xl till i tried the 6pro

mid_gen · 19 May 2022 at 13:37

Btone said:
I send my 6 pro back for that reason. loved it for everything else. but found the finger print scanner was just bad. it work about 95% if my hand were clean. but less that 50 if i had any dirt on them at all. and as a farmer it just didn't work. funny enough the old scanner on the 3 never failed me. same fingers same conductions. Didn't realize how much i would miss the face scanner on the 4xl till i tried the 6pro

It's climbing that stops me using fingerprint readers, I wear all the skin on my fingertips off every other day! I wish more android phones offered the option.

kona786 · 19 May 2022 at 14:14

mid_gen said:
It's climbing that stops me using fingerprint readers, I wear all the skin on my fingertips off every other day! I wish more android phones offered the option.

Yep it's absolutely ridiculous that Google doesn't offer basic face unlock on all its phones when many other OEMs manage to.