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Someone explain this?

I've got this battery with the phone when I traded it over craigslist, and I knew for a fact with research that this wasn't the original battery. It felt old, and gave me about 5 hours of battery life no matter what I did to conserve life. It wouldn't fully charge, it'd get stuck at 77% and not move, but after a restart it would be a hundred but start draining right away. It was also very soft and I could easily bend the battery in half. So I ordered a 1500mAh off ebay for $6, and whoaa day and night difference, I get a little more than 12 hours with auto brightness and moderate-heavy usage, but I know these Chinese battery's aren't too good, and they will start crapping out.
So I got a replacement from T-Mobile, works fine, But now I have 3 batteries for one phone that gets me through the day, and since the battery I got first was ****, I said let me take the sticker apart and see the deal with these batteries.
Mind you, the battery looks and feels like a real legit HTC battery, and I thought it was the real one when I got the phone, had no idea that it was fake. It states it's a 1400mAh on the black sticker and 1000mAh on the actual battery housing under the sticker.
Striped it away and on the part where there is the connector, it says "YY-HT DESIRE HD"
Now I really don't know or can't tell if it's a fake battery or not, can anyone let me know how I can test it? What to look for?
Here are some pictures.

well my original battery states that it's 1400mAh, and through battery tests, it reports that it's 1377 mAh so I'm pretty sure that yours isn't genuine

How do you find out the true mAh of a battery without having to peel off the sticker?

xdviper said:
How do you find out the true mAh of a battery without having to peel off the sticker?
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Putting it on a load over time and calculating mA/h

:( OVERHEATING battery!! whats wrong?

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My battery really overheats now. I was at a club 2 weeks ago my phone dropped with my battery popping out! there was a tiny bit of water on it, but i put the phone in a bag of rice for 3 days. I then tried to put the battery in, it was dead. I then proceeded to go to 2 Mobile repair people and get them to look inside my phone to see if there was water damage! 1 said there was none, the other said there was some.
I found out later that my phone still turned on with a friends battery so i left my phone on the table for 2 weeks, ordered battery off of ebay. I found out that i could bring my original HTC battery to life. Charged it last night, and now SPARE Parts is telling me its too hot and overheating and it is!!.....Everything on the phone works fine, Everything! except the battery is getting VERY veryyy hottt arounnd 48-49 C. when the normal for me was 38-41 C. any ideas? i really dont want to sell the phone, i know someone would buy it with a battery problem

Battery + water is the worst equation you can have.
Overheating battery can explode (rare, but possible in your case), stop using your phone and get a new one ASAP.

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Battery + water is the worst equation you can have.
Overheating battery can explode (rare, but possible in your case), stop using your phone and get a new one ASAP.
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I have just charged it and left it in rice today. I checked this morning and the battery didnt overheat, the temperature seemed fine. Im going to test it after work today and if it overheats ill give it away or something. But Hopefully it wont.

I know you've been on here for a while but I figured I throw down some basic suggestions if it starts doing it again.
Are you oc'd? What to, and which CPU manager do you use (CM or SetCPU)? Do you have a temp profile set for SetCPU?
Is there a process that's eating up your CPU clock cycles? DRM, Downloads, and 3D Gallery cause the Android Media process to make the CPU max out it's set clock frequency sometimes. So check that if it does it again.

jark99 said:
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My battery really overheats now. I was at a club 2 weeks ago my phone dropped with my battery popping out! there was a tiny bit of water on it, but i put the phone in a bag of rice for 3 days. I then tried to put the battery in, it was dead. I then proceeded to go to 2 Mobile repair people and get them to look inside my phone to see if there was water damage! 1 said there was none, the other said there was some.
I found out later that my phone still turned on with a friends battery so i left my phone on the table for 2 weeks, ordered battery off of ebay. I found out that i could bring my original HTC battery to life. Charged it last night, and now SPARE Parts is telling me its too hot and overheating and it is!!.....Everything on the phone works fine, Everything! except the battery is getting VERY veryyy hottt arounnd 48-49 C. when the normal for me was 38-41 C. any ideas? i really dont want to sell the phone, i know someone would buy it with a battery problem
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Lets get this straight... your problem is with the ORIGINAL battery, not the replacement one you ordered off efag?
You smashed the new battery, its probably shorted out internally. Wait for the new one to arrive, try it out, and then come back here if it is still doing the same thing.

Order a new OFFICIAL HTC battery. You're making it seem (at least to me) that it is the battery not the phone that is acting up.
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Just dried out the phone and my htc battery seems to be ok. But i dont think it will last, i might just buy the orginal one from the HTC website. The chinese batteries i got from ebay are crappy and die within the hour.....(voltage issue with my phone maybe??)
Im charging the htc battery right now, ill see how it goes, it drains 1% every 2-3 mins, i believe its a battery fault, Im just gonna order a HTC battery.
I am OC and it does overheat when doing things, but now it seems fine, the temperature reading is fine and same as what i have had back when i originally had it (before damage)
Will be buying new battery, i guess i gotta fork out the $50 for the official one
Edit** just bought the brand new ones for $10 from Ebay. I hope my phone isnt overpowering the batteries.

It wouldn't hurt to take apart your phone and clean off any corrosive material left on the board.
Just follow one of the tutorials for disassembling and use a old toothbrush and rubbing alcohol to do so. Use the alcohol very carefully and apply it to the brush directly and not the board. Good luck!

sino8r said:
It wouldn't hurt to take apart your phone and clean off any corrosive material left on the board.
Just follow one of the tutorials for disassembling and use a old toothbrush and rubbing alcohol to do so. Use the alcohol very carefully and apply it to the brush directly and not the board. Good luck!
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Could you link me to a video or guide doing that? Im super paranoid when taking apart something i love .
I tried the orginal battery, (temperatures fine, but went down 1% every 2-3 mins)
^^ i tried the 2 chinese batteries (1500mah) i got for $10 from Ebay and they also DIED, (draining 1% every 2-3 minutes.)
What is the cause of this??? I Doubt 3 batteries in a row are faulty?...

Does anyone know how to fix this? what would cause my batteries to be drained 1% every 2-3 minutes? the phone lasts less than 1 hour.
I have tried 3 batteries......any help is appreciated.

your phones has water damage most likely.
my previous phone got water damage from me using it in the shower.
(not literally in the shower bu i had it by the sink cuz i listened to music)
im assuming water vapor got in my phone and messed it up.
afterward i started experiencing what you are. tried different batteries but the phone killed em quickly.
tried the batteries on other phones and they worked fine.
I came to the conclusion that it was the phone that was damaged and not the battery. like with yours everything worked except it died fast.
try the batteries on other phones and if they don't die fast then it might be your phone that's water damaged. I think you can draw the same conclusion if batteries that work on other phones die on yours quickly. must be th same phone of course lol

Thugnificent69 said:
your phones has water damage most likely.
my previous phone got water damage from me using it in the shower.
(not literally in the shower bu i had it by the sink cuz i listened to music)
im assuming water vapor got in my phone and messed it up.
afterward i started experiencing what you are. tried different batteries but the phone killed em quickly.
tried the batteries on other phones and they worked fine.
I came to the conclusion that it was the phone that was damaged and not the battery. like with yours everything worked except it died fast.
try the batteries on other phones and if they don't die fast then it might be your phone that's water damaged. I think you can draw the same conclusion if batteries that work on other phones die on yours quickly. must be th same phone of course lol
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thanks buddy! finally some good input. I gave it to a repair shop who apparently said they can fix Shortages on the main PCB board. expecting a call tomorrow. I take it you just had to buy a new phone??? what happened to your phone now?

So FutureTel Solutions said they can fix my phone in Ontario.....its water damaged and will cost about $250 or less to replace.
My question is: Is the price worth it? I for one dont like any of the new dual core phones coming out as i am a Hardware keypad guy alot and like the feature of having both of best world. Is it best to fix it? they'll just replace the board and send it back....

Battery/Charging Issues (Nexus 4)

I am having problems with my Nexus 4.
History, replaced screen after phone was knocked out of my hand, probably damaged battery while trying to remove it, but everything worked once it was back together.
Screen broke again, and while working on that, I noticed the battery had swollen so ordered a replacement of eBay.
All back together now, but.
1 Phone does not state "charging" when connected to AC or USB charging, although the battery icon has the lightning bolt in it and the %charge does not drop while messing with the phone.
2 Phone does charge using wireless, but slowly, and status swaps back and forth between charging and not charging and the % will move from e.g. 40% to 35% as it says charging or not charging.
3 USB works for connection to PC.
I charged the new battery overnight, wirelessly. It got to about 90%, so slow charging, but seems to work. Phone is usable, everything seems to work. I connected it to PC and was able to use Nexus Root Toolkit to backup, the reset the phone, no change in charging behavior.
Booting into safe mode made no difference either. So it seems it is not software/firmware/apps that are causing the problem?
I guess next step is to open it up again and remove and remake all connections and check contact posts? Should I order a third battery? Or a new motherboard?
I searched here, but could not find anyone with the same problem.
Any and all help appreciated. Thanks in advance, guys.

Opening and rechecking connections and coating with contact cleaner has made no difference.
Phone typically needs Volume Down and Power button pressed to get it to start, then Power Button to select start option, then seems to run okay.
Battery still not reaching 100% charged, generally 70-80% after a full night off, using wireless (my Nexus 5 charges happily on same charger).
Ordered a cheap battery from China, not really expecting that to be the problem, but no other clues or suggestions for now.

Any update?
My battery is ****e now, lasts 3-4 hours and I need to turn off the phone and charge. It takes 4+ hours to charge when switched on. Charging via the PC you can forget it, it drains the battery if anything!
I'm thinking of buying the battery on eBay and doing my research on how to fix myself.

Phone not switching on and Battery issues
Hi,
I have been facing quick drainage of my Nexus 4 battery since past few months. Recently I had been keeping it on charge almost the whole day, and a full charge would last only 2-3 hours! Further, the charging was taking a lot of time too.
Today, my phone had already switched off due to low battery when I put it on charger. After the white charging icon appeared for a few seconds, the phone wasn't charging at all. I have tried 4 different chargers, but to no avail.
Can someone help me? Is there a guide on how to change the battery?
Any help and urgent help appreciated!
Zany!

Cooldood2012 said:
II guess next step is to open it up again and remove and remake all connections and check contact posts? Should I order a third battery? Or a new motherboard?
I searched here, but could not find anyone with the same problem.
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It's possible some hardware was damaged when you took apart and put back together your phone. The USB board is a possibility, as is the back cover itself. These parts are pretty inexpensive, if you want to try buying a replacement, but that's just a shot in the dark.
uncle_buckman said:
Any update?
My battery is ****e now, lasts 3-4 hours and I need to turn off the phone and charge. It takes 4+ hours to charge when switched on. Charging via the PC you can forget it, it drains the battery if anything!
I'm thinking of buying the battery on eBay and doing my research on how to fix myself.
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Buy a new battery. Li-ion batteries are only good for a few hundred cycles or so (~500 cycles is the expected lifetime), and the N4 isn't exactly the best in battery life, so you can reach the point where your battery turns to crap within a year or so (or less).
Go to ifixit.com and look at the teardown. All you need to replace the battery is a T5 TORX driver (for the screws at the bottom), something thin and plastic (like a guitar pick or a plastic knife - they do make professional tools for this) to pry the back cover off, a tiny phillips screwdriver (like for eyeglasses) for the battery screws, and something to pry the old battery off of the adhesive holding it in. Double sided cellophane tape works fine for keeping the new battery in. When prying the cover off, go slowly. A little at a time, don't rush or force things. Or you might flex too much and crack the back glass. Don't forget to take out the SIM tray first.
zanyguy said:
Hi,
I have been facing quick drainage of my Nexus 4 battery since past few months. Recently I had been keeping it on charge almost the whole day, and a full charge would last only 2-3 hours! Further, the charging was taking a lot of time too.
Today, my phone had already switched off due to low battery when I put it on charger. After the white charging icon appeared for a few seconds, the phone wasn't charging at all. I have tried 4 different chargers, but to no avail.
Can someone help me? Is there a guide on how to change the battery?
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Time for a new battery. See above.

My battery have started to swollen up a bit but not alot (around 1mm or less, but it is noticeable when not in a case, it can wiggle a bit from side to side but not alot at all).
I have already ordered a new battery if it is expanding more, but yet battery life is pretty good in standby but not getting more then 3hours of SOT. but since im mostly using the N4 for email's and texting its not a problem for me to get through a full day.

I'm having the exact same issue but I've never taken the phone apart. In the 20 minutes its been off charger it's dropped 11% screen off in my pocket. It also gets hot and shuts off.

apocolypsecow said:
I'm having the exact same issue but I've never taken the phone apart. In the 20 minutes its been off charger it's dropped 11% screen off in my pocket. It also gets hot and shuts off.
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That could be software/ROM related. It sounds like somethings keeping your phone going full blast instead of letting it idle.

Yup, trying going back to full stock (should always be first step if possible), and then you can go from there. If it doesn't happen, than it was a software issue, and if it still does than it is definitely a hardware issue. Best of luck.
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With a swollen battery I strongly recommend you stop actively using the device. Swollen batteries can explode and that would not be good at all. I advise you to please not use the device anymore.
EDIT: Spelling
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Third battery (original, suspect replacement, now China sourced replacement) has been working well, phone back together and preforming as new for the last few months

replacing battery

Had anybody had their 6p battery replaced? Can anyone recommend a good battery? What else should I expect as far as costs and turnaround time?
I would especially be interested in hearing if anyone had a bad experience (e.g., damaged device) getting their battery replaced or if anyone has any shops they can recommend in the bay area. Thanks!

marbertshere said:
Had anybody had their 6p battery replaced? Can anyone recommend a good battery? What else should I expect as far as costs and turnaround time?
I would especially be interested in hearing if anyone had a bad experience (e.g., damaged device) getting their battery replaced or if anyone has any shops they can recommend in the bay area. Thanks!
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I would recommend doing some searching.... https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/accessories/oem-battery-t3534410

Lots of information here

The camera glass is supposedly the worst part. I hear it breaks very easily.

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The camera glass is supposedly the worst part. I hear it breaks very easily.
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I'm wondering if someone tries to fix it for me and they damage it, would they pay for a replacement part? I doubt it and that worries me because I'm sure I can ask a repair shop to do it and they might say yes but they may not be experienced in replacing 6p batteries.

crixley said:
The camera glass is supposedly the worst part. I hear it breaks very easily.
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I just replaced my battery earlier today. The camera glass was actually pretty easy, once I used a heat gun on it. The only thing I damaged greatly was the bottom plastic cover. Slipping a thin blade under it left a bulge in it. I had a spare and replaced it.

I did mine today also. It wasn't to bad.. The most important thing is HEAT or the glass will crack. It took me about 40 minutes to finish it
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bigmatt503 said:
I did mine today also. It wasn't to bad.. The most important thing is HEAT or the glass will crack. It took me about 40 minutes to finish it
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Will you guys report if you see a big difference after changing? I'm ordering a sino today. If you have Accubattery installed I'd be curious in knowing what it reads the replacement battery health as.

marbertshere said:
Will you guys report if you see a big difference after changing? I'm ordering a sino today. If you have Accubattery installed I'd be curious in knowing what it reads the replacement battery health as.
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I got the Cameron sino battery from Amazon. Accubattery said my og battery was at 78% and my nexus was losing its charge much faster when I purchased it a year ago. My new battery is showing 99% after 24 hours with accubattery. I'm glad I took the risk of swapping the battery myself
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marbertshere said:
Will you guys report if you see a big difference after changing? I'm ordering a sino today. If you have Accubattery installed I'd be curious in knowing what it reads the replacement battery health as.
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I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.

highvista said:
I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
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I did a bit more research and found out that the battery I used as a replacement is not a real OEM battery. The ribbon cable on it is thinner than the OEM and the temperature sensor is locked at 25C. See this thread for a lot more information on finding an OEM battery and the non-OEM batteries that do have a working temperature sensor:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/accessories/oem-battery-t3534410

highvista said:
I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
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Thanks for sharing guys. What battery did you purchase?

highvista said:
I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
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Thanks for sharing guys. What battery did you purchase?
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I bought mine from an eBay vendor, but I don't think they are still selling the battery.
After reading through the thread I posted about above, it seems like these are the best bets for getting batteries that have the temperature sensor:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252482757101?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KV4OIDE/ref=s9_dcacsd_dcoop_bw_c_x_1_w

The Battery issue

I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?

ev713 said:
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
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It is NOT the software. There is no fix for a badly degraded battery. Replace your battery. Buy the battery online and then shop around for a local shop to install it if you're not able to.

ev713 said:
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
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Are you dying at 60% or lower? Does it happen when you open the camera? Does the phone shut off when a random loud sound plays or something of sorts? I ask cause that is what is happening to me. Random reboots? I don't think that is "battery" related per-say.

Have you tried installing a battery stats app that can help narrow down the culprit?
More details would probably help others help you.
Does it fully charge?
How long does the battery last, not just screen on time?
3 hours SOT doesn't sound terrible. I've heard worse.
How old is the phone?

Had the same problem...I bought a new original battery from ebay and replaced the old battery by myself. To be honest, there was not much improvement...now with a medium usage (whatsapp, wifi or 4g always on, some clash of clans/clash royale gaming) I get 3hrs30min SOT at the late evening, never more. And also I'm on francokernel so I should easily get 4hrs but nothing.
Anyway, unless you are an expert, I don't recommend you to replace the battery for yourself because, sadly, the N6P is a phone impossible to open up without damaging it especially the rear glass...surprisingly, on my case it didn't break but it's all scratched and I should buy a new one.
Furthermore, now my battery doesn't charge anymore up to 100%...it's stuck at 93% and only if i unplug and plug again the phone it gets to 98%...to get 100% i have to plug and unplg it several times and wait something like 30min to get from 98% to 100%. I don't know what caused this problem but it looks like there's no solution...software and hardware battery calibration didn't do anything. Maybe the battery I bought was faulty...
In conclusion, buy the new battery but ask someone expert to replace it if you aren't.

WhiteWashed said:
Had the same problem...I bought a new original battery from ebay and replaced the old battery by myself. To be honest, there was not much improvement...now with a medium usage (whatsapp, wifi or 4g always on, some clash of clans/clash royale gaming) I get 3hrs30min SOT at the late evening, never more. And also I'm on francokernel so I should easily get 4hrs but nothing.
Anyway, unless you are an expert, I don't recommend you to replace the battery for yourself because, sadly, the N6P is a phone impossible to open up without damaging it especially the rear glass...surprisingly, on my case it didn't break but it's all scratched and I should buy a new one.
Furthermore, now my battery doesn't charge anymore up to 100%...it's stuck at 93% and only if i unplug and plug again the phone it gets to 98%...to get 100% i have to plug and unplg it several times and wait something like 30min to get from 98% to 100%. I don't know what caused this problem but it looks like there's no solution...software and hardware battery calibration didn't do anything. Maybe the battery I bought was faulty...
In conclusion, buy the new battery but ask someone expert to replace it if you aren't.
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The first replacement battery I tried acted like that and it was quite frustrating. It wouldn't charge to 100% and had about the capacity of my degraded OEM battery. I ended up ordering this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3-82V-3...wei-Google-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-/351786248092 It charges to 100% and has like new capacity, but no internal battery temperature sensor. I installed it in January and have been happy with it. Others have opted for the Cameron Sino brand replacement. more expensive but with working battery temperature sensor.
You can order a replacement back cover with glass and bottom strip for around $25 if you're worrried about scratches. That's under $40 for new battery, aluminum back, camera glass, and bottom strip.

hawkswind1 said:
The first replacement battery I tried acted like that and it was quite frustrating. It wouldn't charge to 100% and had about the capacity of my degraded OEM battery. I ended up ordering this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3-82V-3...wei-Google-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-/351786248092 It charges to 100% and has like new capacity, but no internal battery temperature sensor. I installed it in January and have been happy with it. Others have opted for the Cameron Sino brand replacement. more expensive but with working battery temperature sensor.
You can order a replacement back cover with glass and bottom strip for around $25 if you're worrried about scratches. That's under $40 for new battery, aluminum back, camera glass, and bottom strip.
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I think I'll go for the Cameron Sino battery...a little more expensive, yes, but more reliable...I've also heard of people complaining that after 2 months their batteries (ordered from ebay, false OEM) died...

So, is that the answer to our fast draining battery issues? To get a replacement battery? The Cameron Sino?

baldybill said:
So, is that the answer to our fast draining battery issues? To get a replacement battery? The Cameron Sino?
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Yes.

Unless it came from the play store where you can RMA it and let Google have the problem.

But if Google replaces it, it may have the same issues, right?

It could I guess if the battery in the replacement device is a dud. Just got my replacement and the battery is showing 106% capacity compared to 30% capacity on the old one. Back to how it was when I first got it so happy with that service seeing as it was nearly 2 years old.
If the new one does not have a full capacity, then just reject it before you swap over to it and get Google to send out another.

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It could I guess if the battery in the replacement device is a dud. Just got my replacement and the battery is showing 106% capacity compared to 30% capacity on the old one. Back to how it was when I first got it so happy with that service seeing as it was nearly 2 years old.
If the new one does not have a full capacity, then just reject it before you swap over to it and get Google to send out another.
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How are you checking the capacity?

Accubattery is one way. Do a couple of decent charges with the screen off and then look at the health report.

Same, I tried several things, clearing the Cache, factory reset and nothing works. My Nexus 6P randomly shuts down between 80% to 90% and doesn't turn on umless I connect it to the charger.