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[Q] Resolving battery drain ...

Hi all,
Well, it's confirmed : Gallery is the guilty for battery drain ...
I'm in JPF version and I don't know if it was the case for previous version.
In an other post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901867&page=5) I was suspecting this app (when I first used JPF version, Froyo said that Gallery consumed about 50%), so I realized a test to be shure:
- Full charge
- Turn on phone and kill gallery process with Advanced Task Killer (this process is only visible with this kind of tool)
- Then, each time I launched an app I verified if Gallery was running too. If yes, I killed it again. Stange thing is that I wasn't able to identify the rules that make it run : sometimes Gallery is launched with app "xxx", sometimes not ! Anyway it's launched at startup.
- Doing this, I'm now with 70% battery after 36 hours !
But, it's a litlle bit boring to have to monitor Gallery each time we use an App...
So, I'm thinking in doing something like this "mv /system/app/Gallery3D.apk /system/app/Gallery3D.BAK" and I will use Astro to visualize pictures.
Anyone knows if it's risky to remove Gallery3D.apk from the system ? I hesitate ...
Thanks !

The problem is known from the SGS. Just install the modded 3d gallery which SGS Tools brings.

s3th.g3ck9 said:
The problem is known from the SGS. Just install the modded 3d gallery which SGS Tools brings.
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Youd did this and you have a good battery life ?
D'ont know if it's very good to use a tool for SGS on a SG3. I'd like to simply remove this app ... But, this would affect others app ? may be ... perhaps not ...
thanks

sambastrakan said:
Youd did this and you have a good battery life ?
D'ont know if it's very good to use a tool for SGS on a SG3. I'd like to simply remove this app ... But, this would affect others app ? may be ... perhaps not ...
thanks
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The G3 is in similiar with the SGS in many parts. The modded gallery was made because of the battery drain bug... so yes it saves battery! You don't have to use it of course when you say "it's not good" to use a SGS App across-the-board (even if you don't know why ).

ok ok ... )
But, I decided to remove Gallery3D from /system/app (and others app too like Layar, Voice dialer, Youtube, Daily info, SamsungApps) and ... it works !
Only thing is that I can't put a picture of mine as a wallpaper. Last Wallpaper I used stays (black). By the way, I heard about a black wallpaper is better for battery.
I will give a feedback of this stuff in 2 days.

sambastrakan said:
Hi all,
Well, it's confirmed : Gallery is the guilty for battery drain ...
I'm in JPF version and I don't know if it was the case for previous version.
In an other post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901867&page=5) I was suspecting this app (when I first used JPF version, Froyo said that Gallery consumed about 50%), so I realized a test to be shure:
- Full charge
- Turn on phone and kill gallery process with Advanced Task Killer (this process is only visible with this kind of tool)
- Then, each time I launched an app I verified if Gallery was running too. If yes, I killed it again. Stange thing is that I wasn't able to identify the rules that make it run : sometimes Gallery is launched with app "xxx", sometimes not ! Anyway it's launched at startup.
- Doing this, I'm now with 70% battery after 36 hours !
But, it's a litlle bit boring to have to monitor Gallery each time we use an App...
So, I'm thinking in doing something like this "mv /system/app/Gallery3D.apk /system/app/Gallery3D.BAK" and I will use Astro to visualize pictures.
Anyone knows if it's risky to remove Gallery3D.apk from the system ? I hesitate ...
Thanks !
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maybe if you open a pic from another app?

stubborn_d0nkey said:
maybe if you open a pic from another app?
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No, Gallery runs sometimes even if you use Astro to visualize pic.
But, now I removed Gallery3D ... it's not running more ! obviously
i think it will resolve the problem of battery drain. I don't care about visualizing 3d thumbs of my pic, neither wallpaper, neither live wallpaper. I prefer a good battery autonomy instead of some cute stuff ...
I'm going to use mu phone for 2 days like this (without Gallery3D.apk) and see if everything ok (phone functions and battery drain).

sambastrakan said:
No, Gallery runs sometimes even if you use Astro to visualize pic.
But, now I removed Gallery3D ... it's not running more ! obviously
i think it will resolve the problem of battery drain. I don't care about visualizing 3d thumbs of my pic, neither wallpaper, neither live wallpaper. I prefer a good battery autonomy instead of some cute stuff ...
I'm going to use mu phone for 2 days like this (without Gallery3D.apk) and see if everything ok (phone functions and battery drain).
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ok keep us posted..

sennevb said:
ok keep us posted..
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I also facing battery problem using Gallery and all other useless applications for me.
But thanks to Gsam101 , he made a great clean version of JPF. And it is very smooth and I am now not facing any battery problem.
You also can use JustPictures!, it's far better than Gallery provided by Samsung.
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sennevb said:
ok keep us posted..
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So ... After 50 hours without Gallery3D.apk, Froyo says that my battery is at 50% ! I confess I didn't phone a lot ... but it's incomparable with the original battery life.
I haven't noticed any trouble in using my phone during this time.
Also, each time I use an App and exit it (GPS Test or GPS Status for example) I take care to kill the process with ATK. Perhaps this can explain an even better battery life, but Gallery is the main responsible.
Conclusion : If you prefer battery life than wallpapers and cute stuff :
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/st16 /system
cd /system/app
mv Gallery3D.apk Gallery3D.back
mv Gallery3D.odex Gallery3Dodex.back
reboot
and enjoy your SG3 for more time !
Just use Astro or other App to view your pics.
Note : Doing this your last wallpaper will stay and you will not be able to put a personal wallpaper.
Note2: You can try to use the modded Gallery provided by SGS ToolBox but I didn't test it. That's enough for me !
Topic closed !

s3th.g3ck9 said:
The G3 is in similiar with the SGS in many parts. The modded gallery was made because of the battery drain bug... so yes it saves battery! You don't have to use it of course when you say "it's not good" to use a SGS App across-the-board (even if you don't know why ).
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Which apk should be installed? SGS Tool from market? (some menu points not working). How can I change my gallery to modded?
thanks

The app Sgs tools was removed from market. You can find it here on xda forum. The last version is on page 37 (i guess). Download, install, go stock apps option and modded galery. Installed here without problems. Good luck!
http://www.google.com/m/url?client=...sQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFbWRh7D8lCo6SGgRH8QudgZtz9Ww
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thesteganos said:
The app Sgs tools was removed from market. You can find it here on xda forum. The last version is on page 37 (i guess). Download, install, go stock apps option and modded galery. Installed here without problems. Good luck!
http://www.google.com/m/url?client=...sQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFbWRh7D8lCo6SGgRH8QudgZtz9Ww
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many thanks!

thesteganos said:
The app Sgs tools was removed from market. You can find it here on xda forum. The last version is on page 37 (i guess). Download, install, go stock apps option and modded galery. Installed here without problems. Good luck!
http://www.google.com/m/url?client=...sQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFbWRh7D8lCo6SGgRH8QudgZtz9Ww
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but did u noticed the graphics were broken i had this issue in froyo jf1 so removed the gallery only

No problem here. Using JPF and cant tell the difference (except for galery icon). Currently using my girlfriend photo as wallpaper...
Did you try Jpf + last sgs tools?
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Yeah. But gallery not that big issue
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can i use the camera hack in the sgs tools for the galaxy 3??

ive completely deleted the GALLERY app from the system thru titanium and use QUICKPIC which is way better and fast in loadin + can use preferred pics for wallpapers and yeah the battery is noticeably better than earlier or in any roms. get about one to one and half day with moderate-extensive use, sync and data is always on and occasional usage of GPS too!!!

My galaxy 3 came with an eclair rom, flashed to froyo JPF. I had a huge battery drain issue on eclair rom but it seems to be fine once I have flashed to froyo, only strange issue is that once the phone is completely charged it drops from 100 to 90% in a matter of 5-6 minutes.......

chris1486 said:
My galaxy 3 came with an eclair rom, flashed to froyo JPF. I had a huge battery drain issue on eclair rom but it seems to be fine once I have flashed to froyo, only strange issue is that once the phone is completely charged it drops from 100 to 90% in a matter of 5-6 minutes.......
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This is normal, and designed. While charging, the phone isn't constantly kept at 100%(like it used to be), the actual percentage varies (charging stops a bit, then when the battery hits a certain level it starts again). This is due to the fact that keeping the battery at 100% for longer periods of times shortens the battery life.
If you sometimes want it to really be 100%, or you just dont mind the shortened battery life google battery bumping (or something like) for more information.
@clarrkov, the phone doesn't work like that (stock). It doesn't at all register 99% it just skips from 100% to 90% (or 90% to 80%) via triggers depending on the battery voltage. I might be mistaken, but I highly doubt it.

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How will this affect battery life? specifically turning off the animation bits?
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Notrega said:
How will this affect battery life? specifically turning off the animation bits?
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I've not fully tested the quantity of decrease in battery life with all this modifications.
I'm sure that the increase of general responsiveness and the better scrolling will bring some penalties in the battery life. I'm gonna test this in the next days, to see how it really affects..

It would seem that turning off the animations would increase the battery life.
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I would not recommend turning on "force gpu rendering." Some apps will not open or work correctly with this checked. It may also cause your device to run hot and drain your battery faster. There is no real word benefit to having it turned on.

Notrega said:
It would seem that turning off the animations would increase the battery life.
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Yepp, removing bloatware, disabling animations and installing greenify will boost your battery life..
Forcing the GPU rendering, removing the scroll cache and playing with the several "pimp my rom" parameters may decrease your battery life..
I'm gonna do a following in battery consumption this next days and see how much impacts in battery life..

njfoses said:
I would not recommend turning on "force gpu rendering." Some apps will not open or work correctly with this checked. It may also cause your device to run hot and drain your battery faster. There is no real word benefit to having it turned on.
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Ok I'll remove it from the guide. I've really noticed an increase in the back temperature of the device. :good:

Is greenify so good as it sounds?
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sewe said:
Is greenify so good as it sounds?
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It's real useful with Rogue Apps that remain active in all circumstances.. Greenify put them in hibernation (like iOS multitasking) not consuming then battery and resources..
This way you can control the "sometimes" dangerous Android Multitasking, only allowing in background the apps you really want..
I think it's really useful in the Note 3 due to it's huge performance.. you never notice if an app has been hybernated or it's actually running in background, the CPU wokes both of them nearly instantaniouslly.. and you gain in some cases real battery life..

Sounds good, some questions though
Is it possible to grennify apps that is schedule to run every night?
Are there any consequences to hibernate system apps?
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Sounds good, some questions though
Is it possible to grennify apps that is schedule to run every night?
Are there any consequences to hibernate system apps?
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Grennify apps that need to run on a schedule will cause them not to run on schedule. All greenify does is keep apps from running till you manually click on app.
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dallastx said:
Grennify apps that need to run on a schedule will cause them not to run on schedule. All greenify does is keep apps from running till you manually click on app.
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Yepp.
You also have the option not to Greenify that apps.
I only have problems with "Google Keep" notifications, Whattsapp, Gmail, etc, don't give any problems at all..

I've made a very short Youtube video showing Greenify:

How does disabling scrolling cache improve performance? Mind elaborating? Not doubting just curious. I'm assuming since it comes enabled by default that it serves a purpose.
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MohJee said:
How does disabling scrolling cache improve performance? Mind elaborating? Not doubting just curious. I'm assuming since it comes enabled by default that it servers a purpose.
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Sincerely I don't know for sure, but the old customized ROMs and the new one's have it disabled to boost performance..

Greenify is awesome! Finally got around to setting up app on my n2 after reading OP and I'm honestly disappointed that I didn't do this earlier. Thanks op.

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This is a great guide. The only issue I ran into was with Google Play Music app, the album artwork was acting up. Turned the Animator Scale back to 0.5x and I was back in business.
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I clicked on build number just twice and it said "no need for that, developer option is already enabled". Lol it was like a shutup call
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I clicked on build number just twice and it said "no need for that, developer option is already enabled". Lol it was like a shutup call
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I have done that but only to see if I could hide it. Weird we can not hide it back unless we reset
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Works f... Awesome... The best ROM far away, personalization level its the best. And the speed and performance its awesome. Thanks a lot for this rom. Greats io schedulers. Zen mod it's great.
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Just got this all setup ... So far, great ROM! So much customization including GPU clock .. Will be giving this one a solid go this week.

Wow, great to see another rom, thanks!
I'm currently testing it, the first thing I ran into is the keyboard layout. The special keys don't work, I had to enter @ with onscreen keyboard.I'll report more after few days.

I noticed another issue last night as well....new kernel is having some issues...will update the ROM with other kernel I've used in all my other ROMs as that is more stable
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i have no problem right now entering @ ..
you might have to hold down alt + special key at the same time, has always been this way in browser.
i had a couple spots of lag last night- i think the governer clocked it down cuz only 9% battery at the time, but so far today this thing is champ, in and out of clash of clans no issues.. phone email text.. 46% battery right now after just about 8 hours of heavy use.. lots of phone calls and emails today.
and this thing runs fast!

yohan4ws said:
i have no problem right now entering @ ..
you might have to hold down alt + special key at the same time, has always been this way in browser.
i had a couple spots of lag last night- i think the governer clocked it down cuz only 9% battery at the time, but so far today this thing is champ, in and out of clash of clans no issues.. phone email text.. 46% battery right now after just about 8 hours of heavy use.. lots of phone calls and emails today.
and this thing runs fast!
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i am building an update now with stable kernel known for being in all my other roms but i manually added the new i/o schedulers into it...will give it a run and see if it fixes the kernel issues like the battery drain me and @falle21 were experiencing....and yes it does run amazing and to be honest...fits what i need in a rom to a tee and has replaced Carbon as a daily rom for me

rom updated...should all be golden now

Dirty flash and everything seems to work fine. I can say if battery drain its solved in a few hours
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Wow, what a great ROM! I really love the DPI and all the tweaks included like pocket mode, notifications shown on lockscreen etc.
I know already what I have done wrong with the @ sign at keyboard, I was used to have the voice search button mapped as ALT, but it didn't work, my bad, sorry. I compared the keyboard mapping files, but I didn't find any clues. Would it be very hard to include the special keys mapping into settings? It's cool to have an ALT key on right, there are a few keys on relay that could have better purpose.
But the best news I have is that the glitchy audio playback is gone! :good: This is the first time I was able to listen to mp3 for a longer time than just 5 minutes. It's definitely something kernel/cpu related, I didn't change anything in the performance settings and the audio playback is fine out of the box.

falle21 said:
Dirty flash and everything seems to work fine. I can say if battery drain its solved in a few hours
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I don't recommend dirty flash. I have a little issues that can be a pain for almost everyone. Do a full wipe and the new kernel works amazingly. Great job, a real good ROM with everything I need and more
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falle21 said:
I don't recommend dirty flash. I have a little issues that can be a pain for almost everyone. Do a full wipe and the new kernel works amazingly. Great job, a real good ROM with everything I need and more
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Hows battery post-flash ?

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Hows battery post-flash ?
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So much better, like recommended reven to me, leave the governors and io schedulers without change and you notice a big change in battery performance. @REV3NT3CH can explain why and all others details
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falle21 said:
So much better, like recommended reven to me, leave the governors and io schedulers without change and you notice a big change in battery performance. @REV3NT3CH can explain why and all others details
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Hows battery post-flash ?
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Leave the performance settings alone after flash...the ROM automatically changes governors and schedulers to correspond to the speed and battery life it needs. For example when using a game it auto changes the performance for best game use...when not in use it goes to power save mode....as for battery life I'm doing pretty good...better than some of my other ROMs that's for sure
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stuck
hi
i came from carbon rom
followed all the steps in the op but when i go to "Install Zip" and "Choose zip from /sdcard" I can only see 1 folder named clockworkmod/
I had copied the zip file and gapps in the root folder but they wont appear
external sd card also shows empty: "no files found"
when I reboot it gets stuck in boot animation. don't know how to copy the files again.
help please
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nvm after rebooting recovery external sd card shows the zip files

an update for those that would like to know... just built my soon to be released custom kernel with a total of 24 Governors and a total of 11 I/O schedulers..all tested and all work great. I've also managed great battery life and performance with one of the ones i added and only lose 1 percent of battery in 3 hours....may build a flashable soon but will include it in all future rom updates. currently im working on the alt key issue and thanks @sorgo with the git request as im looking into it...for me ive noticed only the .com alt function doesnt work but all else does

Looking forward to it!
I'm still on the orig. flash of this one with battery drain but, still gets me through the day. 16hour30mins at 6% left. bluetooth on, wifi on and off with juice defender controlling it. played some clash, had quite a bit of talk time, remoted into my computer using pocketcloud.

REV3NT3CH said:
and update for those that would like to know... just built my soon to be released custom kernel with a total of 24 Governors and a total of 11 I/O schedulers..all tested and all work great. I've also managed great battery life and performance with one of the ones i added and only loose 1 percent of battery in 3 hours....may build a flashable soon but will include it in all future rom updates. currently im working on the alt key issue and thanks @sorgo with the git request as im looking into it...for me ive noticed only the .com alt function doesnt work but all else does
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That's just a proposal for you to include in the ROM. The left ALT key works fine, what I wrote at first that @ was not functional was wrong. I just got used to use the VOICE SEARCH button as ALT (I think we all did not get a qwerty phone to use the voice search, did we? ). So the pull request is only about few keyboard tweaks I find very useful.
I was not able to find the reason why ".com" doesn't work. It's configured properly as alt: '\uEF03', also on other phones, probably the problem is somewhere else, not in the config.

REV3NT3CH said:
an update for those that would like to know... just built my soon to be released custom kernel with a total of 24 Governors and a total of 11 I/O schedulers..all tested and all work great. I've also managed great battery life and performance with one of the ones i added and only lose 1 percent of battery in 3 hours....may build a flashable soon but will include it in all future rom updates. currently im working on the alt key issue and thanks @sorgo with the git request as im looking into it...for me ive noticed only the .com alt function doesnt work but all else does
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Wow.
Be interesting if you could supply a flashable if this is available for public consumption. Will it potentially work on omni or fattoad?
Be nice to see how your kernel behaves.
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[YALFT] Yet Another Lag Fix Thread

Hi guys, the LG G3 has some serious specs as well as some serious lag issues. Most of you have noticed that the device is not as smooth as other competor devices such as the M8, Nexus 5, etc.
I have gotten my device to optimal performance without the need of any thermal setting nor ART. Im currently running over 10+ xposed modules without any problem no lag whatsoever.
Here are the things I did (Its quite simple actually) (And yes this requires root)
1.) Removed the cruddy stock LG launcher that has some serious response issues and installed an alternative such as GNL.
2.) Removed all the bloat that came preinstalled.
3.) Download the app Trickster Mod and (I recommend making these settings except C stick so that theyre applied on boot.)
A.) Go to general and set the CPU Governor to "Performance".
B.) Go to specific and set the GPU Governor to "Performance" as well.
C.) This one is for extra performance but note that it is EXTREMELY unstable and has caused my device to randomly crashed multiple occasion so be careful with this one. Go to Specific and enable "ZRAM".
D.) Just an extra one just because.. Go to Screen and set the Red, and Green colors to 240 and leave Blue at 255 and you will get some more pleasant colors. (Not a performance tweak but just though i would share.)
4.) Completely optional but helps. Install Gravity box (DONT DO ANYTHING IN THE APP) then go to settings, developer, then change the animation speed to 75%. 75% is perfect as its not to slow nor to fast like 50%.
5.) Add these tweaks to your build prop (Tested and working). These are the tweaks I use for my ROMS and they help dramatically. Copy any paste it from HERE. Or download the build prop and place it in your system from HERE. (Remember to give it 644 permissions OR ELSE )
Regarding battery life, I have not noticed any difference and i've ran this setup for a week now.

You do know that performance governors stay at the max frequency at all times right?
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Skizzy034 said:
You do know that performance governors stay at the max frequency at all times right?
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Yup, but it has not affected my battery nor gotten unstable in any way. I've had it like this for a week and have seen nothing but improvement.

I can set my stuff to performance in system tuner..... It turns up all the cores to max. Obviously it will be snappier.
I shouldn't have to delete my launcher. That's stupid honestly. Your argument is invalid for those who don't want new launchers.
Post something similar to this that shows cpu times
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Battery life wouldn't be my concern doing this. My primary concern would be the heat it generated

Hyperrunner said:
Yup, but it has not affected my battery nor gotten unstable in any way. I've had it like this for a week and have seen nothing but improvement.
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That's odd that it has no effect on battery life.
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That's odd that it has no effect on battery life.
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I noticed that only 2 cores were on when doing heavy tasks and the other 2 were almost always offline or idle. That may have something to do with it. Ill post some battery screenshots once I drain it tomorrow.
mrhaley30705 said:
Battery life wouldn't be my concern doing this. My primary concern would be the heat it generated
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Once i undid the thermal daemon tweak the amount of heat produced was very minimal. Its always stayed cool, i've only had it heat up once when using a intensive app for a long period of time.
If you guys are skeptical test it out for yourself you will notice a major improvement and battery should be unaffected.

Hyperrunner said:
I noticed that only 2 cores were on when doing heavy tasks and the other 2 were almost always offline or idle. That may have something to do with it. Ill post some battery screenshots once I drain it tomorrow.
Once i undid the thermal daemon tweak the amount of heat produced was very minimal. Its always stayed cool, i've only had it heat up once when using a intensive app for a long period of time.
If you guys are skeptical test it out for yourself you will notice a major improvement and battery should be unaffected.
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You have the daemon switch on or off in the hidden settings?
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Skizzy034 said:
You have the daemon switch on or off in the hidden settings?
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Off.

Hyperrunner said:
Off.
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And that's how it is stock correct?
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Skizzy034 said:
And that's how it is stock correct?
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Yes.

C.) This one is for extra performance but note that it is EXTREMELY unstable and has caused my device to randomly crashed multiple occasion so be careful with this one. Go to Specific and enable "ZRAM".
I wouldn't advise you recommending this one if it causes phones to be unstable. Crashing phones is more annoying than lag.
---------- Post added at 04:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:14 PM ----------
1.) Removed the cruddy stock LG launcher that has some serious response issues and installed an alternative such as GNL.
I'm on Nova just want your professional opinion. Do you think Google Now Launcher (GNL) is snappier than Nova?

What exactly do the build.prop tweaks do and are there any risks that go along with them?

android_4life said:
C.) This one is for extra performance but note that it is EXTREMELY unstable and has caused my device to randomly crashed multiple occasion so be careful with this one. Go to Specific and enable "ZRAM".
I wouldn't advise you recommending this one if it causes phones to be unstable. Crashing phones is more annoying than lag.
---------- Post added at 04:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:14 PM ----------
1.) Removed the cruddy stock LG launcher that has some serious response issues and installed an alternative such as GNL.
I'm on Nova just want your professional opinion. Do you think Google Now Launcher (GNL) is snappier than Nova?
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It honestly depends on the user. I see both launchers as fast and extremely smooth. If your not having problems with nove then keep it, if so then try out GNL.
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What exactly do the build.prop tweaks do and are there any risks that go along with them?
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They are supposed to change some of the core settings of the device, mainly it focuses on GPU performance and UI Draw. No there are not any risks i've fully tested them for a very long time now.

Hyperrunner said:
Hi guys, the LG G3 has some serious specs as well as some serious lag issues. Most of you have noticed that the device is not as smooth as other competor devices such as the M8, Nexus 5, etc.
I have gotten my device to optimal performance without the need of any thermal setting nor ART. Im currently running over 10+ xposed modules without any problem no lag whatsoever.
Here are the things I did (Its quite simple actually) (And yes this requires root)
1.) Removed the cruddy stock LG launcher that has some serious response issues and installed an alternative such as GNL.
2.) Removed all the bloat that came preinstalled.
3.) Download the app Trickster Mod and (I recommend making these settings except C stick so that theyre applied on boot.)
A.) Go to general and set the CPU Governor to "Performance".
B.) Go to specific and set the GPU Governor to "Performance" as well.
C.) This one is for extra performance but note that it is EXTREMELY unstable and has caused my device to randomly crashed multiple occasion so be careful with this one. Go to Specific and enable "ZRAM".
D.) Just an extra one just because.. Go to Screen and set the Red, and Green colors to 240 and leave Blue at 255 and you will get some more pleasant colors. (Not a performance tweak but just though i would share.)
4.) Completely optional but helps. Install Gravity box (DONT DO ANYTHING IN THE APP) then go to settings, developer, then change the animation speed to 75%. 75% is perfect as its not to slow nor to fast like 50%.
5.) Add these tweaks to your build prop (Tested and working). These are the tweaks I use for my ROMS and they help dramatically. Copy any paste it from HERE. Or download the build prop and place it in your system from HERE. (Remember to give it 644 permissions OR ELSE )
One more quick question, It shows I have 3 CPU's running and one is offline, aren't they all suppose to be working especially when I have CPU and GPU set to performance as you posted? How do I get all 4 cores working?
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GNL is nice and fast but is there a way to change the dumb huge icons back to the smaller size?

Kmac_thp said:
GNL is nice and fast but is there a way to change the dumb huge icons back to the smaller size?
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I use XGELS xposed module it allows customization of icon size and alot more.

[APP][7.0+][1st October 2019] Helix Engine 5.0.1b FINAL

LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT HERE
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About:
Helix Engine is a tool to help improve the efficiency of your device.
With the use of the Accessibility Service, Helix Engine is able to dynamically switch between different performance profiles automatically without any user interaction. With App Engine, users can configure what app they want to set for which profile, this will be used for the Accessibility Service to determine what profile to switch to when that particular app is detected as currently in use. Users are also able to configure each profile to their liking.
Helix Engine supports all ARM/ARM64 SoCs, from Android Nougat and above. It is recommended that you do not use any other tools that may modify any of the components in the profile customisation page to prevent any conflicts with this tool.
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Requirements:
- Root (I think this is obvious but just in case it's not...)
- An ARM (32-bit ARMv7) or ARM64 (64-bit ARMv8) SoC
- Android 7.0 or above
- No other modifications which may tweak kernel tunables automatically (e.g. Advanced Kernel Tweaks, LSpeed, HEBF etc.)
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Features:
- App Engine
Battery: Low-performance mode to save power on apps that don't need that much power (e.g. Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Reddit, apps that are generally for browsing)
Balanced : The default profile for all apps and newly installed apps. Apps that you think requires a decent amount of power, but not as much as the power intensive applications suitable for performance profile.
Performance : High-performance mode to enable buttery smooth gaming, as well as exceptional benchmark performance (if you are into that sort of thing). Also useful for very power intensive tasks like backup managers, file explorers (when transferring large files), media editing tools, camera apps, launchers (for fast app launches) etc.
Whitelist : Helix Engine will detect these apps and will avoid applying any profile when they are in use. Useful for apps such as keyboards when they become the top-app when the keyboard appears on the screen, avoids unecessary profile switching.
The engine detects which app is currently in use (in the top-app group), and will apply the profile's configuration according to the profile you've set the app to automatically. For example, the battery profile's configuration is applied when an application that has been set to the battery profile has been detected as currently running. Apps set to balanced will apply the balanced profile's configuration. Apps set to performance will apply the performance profile's configuration. Apps set to whitelist will be ignored (i.e. no profile changes from the previous profile that was applied when the whitelisted app is in the top-app group).
Multi select feature: Check the boxes by pressing on the checkbox or the card of each app to select them, a FAB will appear which will allow you to batch set a profile to the selected apps.
Auto Whitelist: (Some apps will not show in the App Engine page, as they are auto-whitelisted to prevent Helix Engine from unnecessarily switch profiles)
- Profile Customization
Users can also configure each profile configuration to their personal preferences. Each configuration should be unique to its own profile.
- Auto Mode (Experimental)
Helix Engine will automatically adjust profile values per-app to attempt to achieve the target jank percentage.
- Backup and restore configs:
Save your App Engine and Profiles configurations and restore them at any time with ease.[/U][/B]
- View system apps
Allows you to change profiles for system apps (if disabled, all system apps will use balanced by default).
- Search function in App Lists
Search through app lists using the search button in the action bar.
- Dark theme
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Download:
Latest Changelog
Power-Engine Source Code
Google Play Store Listing
Latest APK provided at the bottom of this post.
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Credits:
@ivicask for giving me the idea of the concept for this engine before it was created. Without him, I wouldn't even have started this project.
@RogerF81 for maintaining all of the scripts for Helix Engine and alpha/beta testing! Also inspiration for ideas
@Mostafa Wael for giving some ideas on improving the engine, and beta testing!
@geko95gek for being a 32-bit ARM tester
All of my team members at Team Helix for supporting me!
Everyone who promoted this app!
Thanks to anjlab for in-app billing library (Source)
Thanks to @topjohnwu for libsu library (Source)
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Donations are completely optional and are always greatly appreciated: https://www.paypal.me/ZeroInfinityXDA

Donation Wall:
Frank Rudi (x2)
AlemanSantos
saiprasadgawde
EricHegnes
dugi9991
Denkai
broke23
nouse1981
Sukhi
gillboyzz
Mostafa Wael
cigga33_master
drothenberger
p8tgames
Omkar Chandorkar
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Reserved 2

Shared profile data collection
App Engine Lists
App Engine lists shared by the users are now maintained on Github. You can find them here: App Engine lists
Profile Data
Profile Data can now be found here: Profile Data
Helix Engine Add-on
Additionally, I created an add-on, which is a flashable Magisk module. This add-on will run some further tweaks, which are not covered by HelixEngine itself (yet). I'll attach it here.
You want to know what it does exactly? Have a look here: Github
Supported chipsets so far
Snapdragon 835
Snapdragon 820
Snapdragon 810
Snapdragon 808
to be continued...

Awesome! I've been waiting for this! Was following the progress closely on GitHub. Nice to see this here officially!

That's one hell of a long OP. ?
Well done tho mate, can see a lotta work went into it.

It might just be me but I am seeing a more stuttering after flashing this engine .

prajnay said:
It might just be me but I am seeing a more stuttering after flashing this engine .
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Depends on what app you use, for battery apps, it may feel slower than normal (to prevent these battery apps from draining unnecessary amount of power). However, games and using the launcher should have no problems as it'll execute the performance profile. If battery profile is too slow for you, I'll discuss it over in my team so we can tune it a bit more towards better performance (at cost of a bit of battery).
This is currently in BETA so there will be some hiccups here and there, we will need feedback from a lot of people so we can fine tune it some more until most people are satisfied.

I'm literally blown away or maybe over whelmed by that OP.

been using for a few hours........browsing.....watching video....taking picture. had it freeze on me while in the camera, after zooming, takign picture, and moving the phone it froze. had to power down because my phone went totally unresponsive. im idle drain is insane though. down to 0.36%/h from about 1.5%/h.
as im writing this i tested to camera malfunction again and it malfunctioned yet again. on OOS 5.0.2 blu_sparks kernel. and also experiencing sluggish scrolling in instagram.
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Would like to try, only one question. How to remove after flash? Apk unninstal, magisk module delete, but what about flashable aroma zip? Thanks for you awesome work!

Bad scrolling experience when the battery profile is load but for a beta it's really , I love the idea if the project thanks for your work

Pires_7 said:
Would like to try, only one question. How to remove after flash? Apk unninstal, magisk module delete, but what about flashable aroma zip? Thanks for you awesome work!
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im wondering the same. for now i took a system-boot backup before flashing.

me myself and i said:
been using for a few hours........browsing.....watching video....taking picture. had it freeze on me while in the camera, after zooming, takign picture, and moving the phone it froze. had to power down because my phone went totally unresponsive. im idle drain is insane though. down to 0.36%/h from about 1.5%/h.
as im writing this i tested to camera malfunction again and it malfunctioned yet again. on OOS 5.0.2 blu_sparks kernel. and also experiencing sluggish scrolling in instagram.
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Please provide a logcat when something starts to not work as it should and even makes the phone unresponsive, so we can take a look.
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me myself and i said:
been using for a few hours........browsing.....watching video....taking picture. had it freeze on me while in the camera, after zooming, takign picture, and moving the phone it froze. had to power down because my phone went totally unresponsive. im idle drain is insane though. down to 0.36%/h from about 1.5%/h.
as im writing this i tested to camera malfunction again and it malfunctioned yet again. on OOS 5.0.2 blu_sparks kernel. and also experiencing sluggish scrolling in instagram.
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I concur. After reading this, i tried to take a picture at 4x zoom. Right after clicking the shutter button, it hung. While waiting to see if it would get back to normal, i could see occasional stutters. After rebooting, I couldn't replicate the issue again
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I just replicated the issue while taking a logcat. One is the entire log and one is the log from 'mm_camera'.
edit: @DeeZZ_NuuZZ

@ZeroInfinity htc 10 stock user here. cant seem to install apk. says unable to parse application. would love to be able to use this on stock Nougat

Does it work on custom ROMs too?

Ok, so far , so good. Using it on my 3T. Can already feel the performance boost. I use G+ as a benchmark for scrolling and it has smoothed out quite a bit. Now, i will see how it does on battery. Great job, brother. Always looking for new ways to save battery. Appreciate the effort

I experience jitter scroll effect rather being very smooth. I am on OB5 with Boeffla kernel.
It is more than 10 hours now. I will watch battery saving and share here.
As someone mentioned in this thread, it is a good idea to take system backup before flashing so that we can revert.
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