My stock N6 32GB becomes laggy after about 2 days use and requires rebooting

[lchiu7]

I have this strange problem with my N6 in that after about 2 days use it becomes quite laggy and unusable requiring a restart. When this happens the camera becomes unusable as with HRD+ off, taking a picture from pressing the shutter button to an image being captured can take several seconds. This isn't really acceptable.

And every now and then I clear the cache also which helps but seems a bit drastic.

Can anybody think what might be causing this? It's quite annoying as you might expect and didn't appear to be like that when I first bought the phone.

I don't run anything fancy and use a standard wallpaper (no active ones) and very few if any background tasks apart from the usual Google ones.

Maybe when (and if) Nougat comes out for it, it might improve but it seems strange that a phone would do that.

Thanks

 

[NLBeev]

I have this strange problem with my N6 in that after about 2 days use it becomes quite laggy and unusable ......
Can anybody think what might be causing this?

An app or Google play services.
Try Advanced Task killer and uninstall the Google services updates.

 

[shayneflashindaily]

Flash a custom ROM and use a good Kernel... Problem solved.

Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[coremania]

If your phone doesn't run hot without reason, you should backup your important internal stuff to PC or USB and flash a clean factory image to wipe the phone totally.
First i would try shayneflashindaily's advice.

 

[lchiu7]

Thanks. I installed Advanced Task Killer and killed a few tasks that I didn't know were running and that seemed to help. Not clear to me how to uninstall Google Drives l Services Update.

It does run hot sometimes for no apparent reason but while I'm happy to do factory reset I'm not sure I want to flash a custom ROM or kernel.

Doesn't a different kernel require root? The bootloader is unlocked but I never was able to gain root and given I use credit card payment over NFC I think root would break that.

 

[KingpinZero]

I had the same problem and i've opened the very same thread.

No matter what advice i followed or what app i used to fix the problem, neither truly fixed it 100%. You will experience the same problem after a bit, along with low battery and general hotness of the phone.

Only one cure to it: decrypt your phone. It's the only way and that fixed 100% my problems. So you need a force encrypt disabled rom such pure nexus and Fed Patcher. That means you need to install also TWRP.

The main culprit is the forced encryption.

 

[NLBeev]

Not clear to me how to uninstall Google Drives l Services Update.

Settings - Apps - select Drive and uninstall.
Do this with all apps you don't use.

I use credit card payment over NFC I think root would break that.

Root will break NFC paying, but some managed to unroot add card number and root again.

Decryption will speed up a bit the performance, but you need root access.
A prerooted stock rom of Danvd is a good choice, but take care with rooting as long as you need apps that refuse to work with rooted phones.

 

[lchiu7]

Settings - Apps - select Drive and uninstall.
Do this with all apps you don't use.

The poster said remove Google Play Services. That's what I am not sure about how to uninstall. On my phone the options Disable and Force Stop are both greyed out.

Root will break NFC paying, but some managed to unroot add card number and root again.

Decryption will speed up a bit the performance, but you need root access.
A prerooted stock rom of Danvd is a good choice, but take care with rooting as long as you need apps that refuse to work with rooted phones.

That seems like a bridge too far for me. The only reason I considered rooting the N6 before was to enable the notification light which apparently does exist on the N6 but requires Root for LIghtflow to use it. I decided the alternative of the Amoled notifications was good enough and provided more information

 

[NLBeev]

The poster said remove Google Play Services. That's what I am not sure about how to uninstall. On my phone the options Disable and Force Stop are both greyed out.

You have to check out the Android device manager in Settings - security - device administrators.
For more info - follow the link.
https://www.androidpit.com/google-play-services-what-is-it-and-what-is-it-for

 

[lchiu7]

The link doesn't work but I can't see anything about who is a device administrator - just a few services like Gmail, Android Pay and Android Device Manager

 

[NLBeev]

The link doesn't work but I can't see anything about who is a device administrator - just a few services like Gmail, Android Pay and Android Device Manager

Try the link again; the last slash is removed. It should work now.

Device admin... Uncheck Android device manager.

 

[lchiu7]

I disabled Android Device Manager but still cannot disable Google Play Services as it's greyed out.

Might leave it as I do need Google Play Services

 

[NLBeev]

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