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In this post I'll give you tips to save your Android's battery and a How to get A FULL DAY lasting battery?
Common tips:-
#1 Uncheck the Auto-Brightness and keep brightness to as low as 10%, also lower the screen timeout to 15 or 30 seconds. Add Power Control widget to your homescreen (comes preloaded with most phones). So you can increase brightness whenever necessary.
#2 don’t use Live wallpapers, If possible keep your background completely black, Black color is battery-friendly as well as eyeball friendly.
#3 Don't keep Mobile data (2G/3G)/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth always on, simply turn off whenever not required.
#4 GPS is another biggest battery eater. Don't turn on GPS unless you need accurate data (for navigation).
#5 Turn off (or keep at least 1HR time between auto-refresh) BACKGROUND SYNC from social apps/web app, If you really don’t need them. e.g. Facebook, Twitter, TapaTalk, G+.
#6 Turn OFF vibrate/Haptic feedback feature as it consumes a lot of juice.
#7 Use WI-Fi whenever available (at home), it impacts less on battery then mobile data connection.
#8 Disable bloatwares on your phone e.g. Samsung's S apps WARNING: Don't disable important system app.
How to do this...
Go to Settings->Apps->All apps->Select app(e.g. Samsung apps store)->disable.
#9 Weak cell signals may cause battery drain to increase dramatically, because radio will try a lot to establish connection. So if you know there is very few possibility of getting connection then better turn on the Flight mode temporarily.
#10 Don't use WEB based widgets unless you really need them. They increase load on CPU and indirectly on battery.
#11 Some apps wakes your device partially to collect data aka a "WAKE LOCK". This happens many times in day. Run the app Wake lock detector and find out which app is causing too much wake locks. Wake locks increase battery drain. IMs are generally biggest source of wakelocks, Google apps are second.
#12 Don’t use task killer/RAM Boosters. Why?
Android generally stores data from apps which you started recently as Cache. This helps to improve loading apps quickly. If you kill any apps manually, some apps will restart automatically and finally impacts a lot on battery and CPU soon you will find your phone laggy.
#13 Reboot your phone at least once in week. (Press and hold power button —> select shutdown -> wait untill it shuts down -> to start again press and hold power button)
#14 Remove additional accounts (setting->accounts) from phone if you don’t use them.
#15 Don't let your phone getting too much hot. This improves battery lifespan.
#16 If you have 3G connection then Switch to GSM (2G) while browsing and switch to WCDMA (3G) when you want to download files or want to surf faster. Use Opera mini browser for just browsing its way faster than others and light on resources (battery, CPU)
#17 Turn off Auto-Rotation when not required.
Still you can’t get a day long battery then carry portable power banks
Advance tips:-
WARNING: I am not responsible for any thermonuclear wars, bricked phones. Rooting voids warranty, do it at your own risk. Do your own research before doing anything.
#1 *ROOT* Use Greenify (or Titanium backup) app and freeze useless apps e.g. Social apps. WARNING: If you freeze IM apps you won’t get any message until you de-freeze it again.
#2 Clear you cache at least once in month... Do this by Going to recovery —>Clear cache partition.
#3 *ROOT* Undervolt/Underclock your device by using SetCPU when you don’t need much processor power.
#4 *ROOT* Uninstall bloatwares which are useless in most cases. if you are not sure about certain app then better do a GOOGLE search about it.
#5 Use app Tasker it is multipurpose tool to automate android by creating different profiles (e.g. turn off connectivity when display is turned off for more than 5 minute and so on)
#6 *highlyAdvance* Install any battery friendly Kernel (such as Franco).
#7 *highlyAdvance* Set to powersaver Kernel governors when you don't need performence.
More about kernel governers
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Nice thread:good:
i have literally read 20 battery saving threads the same content , that was 5 mins of my life m not getting back :!
Nice tips and thread too
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Thanks, that helped me a lot
Get Full Battery For A Day With No Comprimis on data networks!
Hey! This is my first post of hopefully many more!
1) The most important one is set your brightness to AUTO. This is really important and easily adds up to 5 hrs of extra juice!
2) Don't run many background apps and kill apps that use network in the background!
3) Download a good battery saver app (Battery Doctor is my Favorite ) and let it optimize your settings for you!
4) Kill unused app repeatedly . Apps that run in the Background drain a lot of battery and RAM! You can see the app hogging your battery under Settings->Battery.
5) Charge your battery until 30% to 100% everytime.
6) Regularly Calibrate your battery . See this tutorial
Following these steps will easily get you a day+ juice with no compromise to your network or connectivity!
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faizandroidtech said:
Hey! This is my first post of hopefully many more!
1) The most important one is set your brightness to AUTO. This is really important and easily adds up to 5 hrs of extra juice!
3) Download a good battery saver app (Battery Doctor is my Favorite ) and let it optimize your settings for you!
4) Kill unused app repeatedly . Apps that run in the Background drain a lot of battery and RAM! You can see the app hogging your battery under Settings->Battery.
5) Charge your battery until 30% to 100% everytime.
6) Regularly Calibrate your battery . See this tutorial
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At least post 1st post with facts.
All above written by you are wrong except point no (2)
1) AUTO brightness is battery guzzler as it runs on light sensor. Read OP.
3) No need of battery saver app. They only do things which you can do from status bar. Switching off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,data, brightness etc.
4) Read OP. ( that is original 11st post on this thread)
5)Charge battery when it reaches very low like 5-15%, don't unplug till 100%.
6)Calibration is only deleting batterystats.bin It does not increase battery . It only deletes battery use history.
No offence but please write facts instead of useless things.
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Nice tips you got there. Wish it was more common for batteries to charge while walking or in the sun.
After I switched to CyanogenMod I noticed an improved battery-life.
Rattleshirt said:
Nice tips you got there. Wish it was more common for batteries to charge while walking or in the sun.
After I switched to CyanogenMod I noticed an improved battery-life.
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Of course Cyanogenmod and AOSP give lot of battery life because they don't have bloat ware from manufacturer. When I use AOSP 2.3.7 I get 6-8 days backup(moderate use). With stock I get Max 3-4 days.
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Battery Care : We will keep your Battery safe & Make sure your devices is Fast, Faster,, faster!!!
Playstore link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blcpk.toolkit.app
Ad-free version uploaded in OP for XDA members....
We have add most important 15 Key features of Android ; We are very sure after using this application your going to Uninstall around 10+ apps..
Advanced stats
Battery History
Wake lack
Battery stats
Battery Alarm
Power saver
Drain test
Wipe
App Permission
CPU Tweak
Game Tweak
Storage Tweak
System Tweak
Sensor Tweak
Sound tweak
[*]Coming Soon [*]App locker, Screen Dimmer, Screen Off
1 Advanced Battery Stats:
This application will help you understand the flow of battery charging and the detailed usage of the battery. You will have a fair idea on how your device is being charged and the reason it is being drained so quickly. This app will be able to help you take the appropriate action in order to take care of your device`s battery.
1 Charge Levels:
Most of us are curious to know how we are charging our battery of our android devices; this application will help us to understand the complete and detailed information, along with a charging level graph to show you trends of your charging and battery usage.
2 Graphical Stats:
This is one of the premiere advanced battery statistics apps, this will help you to understand what is happening on your device and it`s battery, i.e. Awake, Screen On, Charging, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth etc. So, you can save your battery.
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App Permission:
It gives you a useful and detailed view of all of your installed apps, you can easily identify unwanted apps that might threaten your privacy, and bloatware as well. You can uninstall those unwanted apps.
1. You will have the option to short it out based on the name of the application
2. You will have the option to short it out based on the score (harmful application)
3. Also, you can short by Permissions
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Battery Alarms:
One of the most important features which is needed for any device, battery alarms can save energy, health and much more.
Battery Alarms Types:
1 Fully Charged
2 Charge Drop below (Set as required)
3 Charge rise above (Set as required)
4 Temperature rise above (Set as required)
5 Health Fails
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Battery History Data
You can find out yourself what is happening on your battery, i.e. Charging Level, App usage, Data Usage, Consumption.
1 History Data: This helps you to find out detailed battery history 100 to 0% level of battery what happened on 99%, 25% or 32% or anything as you required.
2 Battery Usage Indicator: This lets you understand the specific app and features that consumes more battery, i.e. Screen, android system, Wi-Fi, Apps, FB etc...
3 Charging History: The battery history data has complete and detailed information about the battery including Power, Volt, Screen, Hardware etc...
Smartphone users would love this app, it will allow you to understand how many times you connected the charger and disconnected it, what the charging level is, current battery level, battery volt, weather you used USB or AC in order to charge your device. You can download the data and share it.
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Battery Stats:
This will give you battery stats and help you understand what is consuming more battery, Audio, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G etc... Battery Stats include:
1 Chart View
2 Pie View
3 Stat Views
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CPU Tweaks:
This will increase the CPU speed of your device and help you control what you are utilizing and how much. So you can speed up your devices as you need... Increasing CPU speed will make your device work more quickly. However not enough speed could damage your device. This app allows you to:
1 Tweak
2 CPU
3 Volt
4 Settings
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Battery Benchmark Testing
We all love to know how many hours of video, audio or browsing we can do with our beloved android device. This app is really meant for the device optimizers.
The test runs until the battery reaches 15% and at that point the test is complete and test results will get displayed.
This utility tool is used to measure the battery statistics on your Android device with respect to Video & Audio playback and Browsing the internet.
This App will allow you to calculate the battery usage of an audio file with a specific bit-rate or a video file with a particular resolution and see the battery consumption rate/minute ratio. You can also check the battery consumption rate for 10 standard URL's with the browser test:
1 Audio
2 Video
3 Browser
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Game Tweaks:
All Android gamers love to play without frequent hang ups or crashing. We have made a simple Android tweak which can improve your device with complete performance and great gaming experience. Game Teaks include...
1 Stock Rom – Tweak
2 Custom Rom – Tweak
3 Tweak – Uninstaller
How to install the Tweak:
1. If you are still in Stock OS, you need to download the Stock ROM Tweak; we also have Custom ROM Tweak.
2. Once you completed, turn off your device and reboot into Recovery mode (google on more information on recovery mode)
3. Once your device is rebooted into recovery mode, you will find an option called install ZIP from SD card, you need to select that option, this will install the tweak on your device.
4. Once it’s complete, you need to reboot your device. You will feel the improved device performance.
Please note (Tweaks can damage your device, we are not responsible for any damage)
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Power Saver:
This is a must have for any Android Device out there, you must define it`s worth for yourself. You can save your battery 2+ times with this power saver. It includes...
1 Night Mode
2 Short Intervals
3 Traffic Limit
4 WiFiWhite list
5 Timeout
Mobile Data Controller: It turns off or Turns on as you needed.
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Sensors Tweaks:
This will help you to understand weather the sensors are working as expected, you can test all the sensors yourself.
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Sound Tweak:
Music lovers will love this too, you can increase the pre-sets for the type of music you are interested in listening to.
1 Normal, Classical, Dance
2 Flat, Folk, Heavy Metal
3 Hip Hop, Jazz, Pop & Rock
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Storage Tweak:
This will help you to understand about your device, CPU, RAM, All the hardware information, you can setup the Nand , SD card memory performance as you need, This will make your device perform better.
You can easily find out yourself, how much your system used, Data, Cache, SD card.
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System Tweak:
Everyone wants their Android phone to be fast without hanging up or crashing, we have made some simple Android Tweaks which can improve your device`s performance and Save the most amount of battery. They are:
1 Stock Rom – Tweak
2 Custom Rom – Tweak
3 Tweak – Uninstaller
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How to install the Tweak:
1. If you are still in Stock OS, you need to download the Stock ROM Tweak; we also have Custom ROM Tweak.
2. Once you completed, turn off your device and reboot into Recovery mode (google on more information on recovery mode)
3. Once you’re rebooted into Recovery mode, you will find an option called “install ZIP from SD card” you need to select that option, this will install the tweak on your device.
4. Once it’s complete, you need to reboot your device. You will feel the improved device performance.
Please note (Tweaks can damage your device; we are not responsible for any damage).
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Wake lock Activities:
You can easily find out yourself, which app or hardware is consuming a lot of memory and power.
1 Kernel Wake locks,
2 Partial Wake lock,
3 CPU States
Kernel wake locks: These are low level/hardware wake locks from the kernel. We can only reduce these by modifying the kernel or reducing the usage of a certain feature of the kernel. By researching these we can improve the battery consumption and performance of the Kernel.
Partial wake locks: These are wake locks from apps. These can be reduced by uninstalling or disabling features in software. We can talk about those here too, though it shouldn't be the focus as the answer will be "Uninstall/Disable feature X and talk to the app author". Preferably we should talk about partial wake locks from Google services like maps and latitude.
CPU: The numbers reflect the percentage of the time since the last screen update that the CPU spent in each state. The output for this line requires past history, and it is not shown on the first display that is produced.
Other Weak locks: It is important you find out where your major battery consumption is, Deep Sleep, Awake, Screen On, and Wi-Fi on, Wi-Fi running, Data Connection, or Screen Dark.
Process: You can find out which application consumes the most Battery juice. This is a collection of interrelated work tasks and an initiated response to an event that achieves a specific result for the user of the process.
Networks: This will help you to figure out what is happening on your network connection, what the battery power consumption is, the interval etc...
Others depend on the usage of the application and etc...
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Battery Wipe
This will wipe battery stats data and allow android OS; it will also regenerate the new battery data file
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Calibrators: You should use this when you think that your battery is acting weird and performing poorly. Here is how to use Battery Calibration:
1) Charge your device until the battery reaches 100%.
2) Click 'Calibrate!' button.
3) Your battery will be calibrated; you can check the battery performance.
We request you drain the battery for next 3 days after you decide to calibrate your device, 100% - 0% battery. When the third day is up charge your device 0% to 100%. Once you complete the process your battery will be calibrated 100% you will feel the improved battery.
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Advance Battery Cleaner:
This will kill all the running applications and unwanted processes required. This is how your battery will be saved 2+ times in general.
The battery cleaner will start in Boot-up and start working in the background to save the power.
You can also setup an auto cleaning leave: Safe, aggressive and crazy
You can also setup a security leave to: High, Medium & Low.
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woooow, what are you doing with the system tweak dude? in order to save more juice, i tweak my CPU Max Freq UV to 960 MHZ and doin some tweaks on the CPU Gov. Of course by doing this i sacrifice the performance. But then i installed your system tweaks and then boom! all of the scrolling home screen performance become very fast? this including the three navigation bar delay-in-pressing and application opening also now become fast.
I corious, then i open my cpu governor ...maybe you enter an init.d script on it to change the value, but i see there the value is still the same with my "battery saving mode". then i open the animation and scrolling speed, also still the same setting.
is this tweak really increase performance without sacrifice more battery?
Thanks
I will compare with DU battery. ^^
All the CPU/kernel/system tweaks are available only in the pro version. Can't you make them available in the free version even for a while to test?
Nice music but app crashes. Do you need root?
Galaxy Tab S stock 4.4.2
I am trying it now on my SGS 4, rooted, Wanam Lite, Android 4.4.2
Do you need a tester and Russian translator? PM me if you are
The app started up with music, even though I have my phone set to vibrate only. Please make sure that the app is respecting the audio settings of the phone.
Force close on note 10.1
On the 3rd introduction splash screen can see if i can grab log
Running 4.4.2 stock sammy
First off all this thread is for only micromax canvas 5 E481:
Micromax Canvas 5 is a flagship killer phone , it can play high graphic games without any lag .but , it has very bad os with tons of bugs .especially ,the battery bug it drains 100 to 0 in 3 hrs of usage , charging takes very long time .Anyway so we are here to fix it.....
To get cyanogen mod ported by amol1994 (A tech) see this link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/micromax-canvas-5-custom-rom-android-6-t3523419
Cyanogen mod is prerooted ROM.so,after flashing go to settings > about phone > build number ( tap 7 times you will see a toast say developer mod) then go back to settings and you can find a new setting called developer mod (above about phone)and inside that select root access and select Apps and ABD .
For battery fix see this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884
You have to install xposed for your phone to use the above battery fix
For xposed:https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3921508&d=1477916609
For details use this thread for xposed:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
Apps and mod: (not necessary)
1. SD maid pro
2. Android N-ify
3. Es explorer pro
4. Gravity box
5. Busy box pro
6. Lspeed
Themes:
1. Shift dark
2. Euphoria dark
3. Deep darkness
4. InversionUI
Don't disable google play store ,play services or framework in the settings otherwise Amplify will not work
Advance tip: (Not recommended)
If you want something extreme just block every services in amplify services panel (except greenify and amplify and download manager and phone)
Block every alarm in amplify panel and set to 9999999 (except android indent time tick and phone)
Block every wakelock and set to 9999999( except phone services)
By the above Advance tip battery back up will increase
But email and other stuff will not received automatically you have to open these thing when you want
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PROBLEM CAUSED TO YOUR PHONE DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING THIS POST?
That's all if you have any doubt ask me any time
I will post some other tweaks for this phone.
For Cyanogen mod 13:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3IoIlA1-cJ4
For idle battery drain:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/and...stock-t2973588
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4q8RelqKBpc
For WiFi battery drain fix:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzI_YjbeKg
For standby battery drain:
https://www.xda-developers.com/xpose...dioactive-bug/
For auto rotation fix: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xpo...d-1-0-t3349187
For nvram error fix : https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=2730486
For idle battery drain:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-0-0-hour-idle-battery-drain-stock-t2973588
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4q8RelqKBpc
For WiFi battery drain fix:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzI_YjbeKg
For standby battery drain:
https://www.xda-developers.com/xposed-module-to-fix-mobileradioactive-bug/
For auto rotation fix:https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/gb-fixed-screen-rotation-mod-1-0-t3349187
For nvram error fix :https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2730486
HEATING:
Heating while charging isn't an issue pls. You can let your phone cool down before charging it in a cool place. You can either power it off or put it on Airplane mode while charging. (This will reduce the charging time and also some activities by apps which slow the charging) Heating is normal while charging owing to the Quick Charge x.0 capability of Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (MSM8952). It will heat up. Heating is reduced in the latest builds, especially while recording video via the camera. This semi-budget oriented processor isn't designed for heavy gaming pls, despite 3GB of DDR3 RAM available to it. If you're a hard core gamer or someone who likes to overclock stuff, this isn't the right phone.
If you feel your phone is heating with normal usage too, consider removing apps which are useless and clear the cache followed by a reboot. See to it that the apps are updated. You can switch to WiFi instead of Mobile Data (keeps my athene cool idk why). If nothing works, consider a factory reset; else shift to a custom ROM if you can and test.
PERFORMANCE:
General phone performance of Nougat has been better than Marshmallow for sure, but for many, 7.0 has had the notification drawer stuttering issue in some cases and Bluetooth being turned on automatically after turning Airplane mode ON. Overall experience is smooth. But many people do not like stock ROM very much, because of the lack of features. AOSP and LineageOS based ROMs are much better that stock in terms of speed. For god's sake don't use the task killer apps or battery savers like CCleaner / CleanMaster/ DU Battery Saver. Apps staying in the memory (RAM) are good for your device until your phone is lagging. Clearing the things from the recents panel will force them to start again from scratch, consuming the CPU and of course the battery.
BATTERY & CHARGING:
Stock N wasn't very good in terms of battery after all in comparison to MM despite the improved doze mode introduced in Nougat. Well this is the case in almost every android OEM that the battery performance went down in transition from one Android version to another. However, the March 1 update is said to fix a bit of battery and security issues. Android has the habit of collecting garbage (but that makes it smart too) and this can be one of the reasons why battery and performance issues occur after an OTA. The best thing after a "dirty/problem causing" update is to do a factory reset. Anyways, it is advised to clear the cache before and after doing an update. For god's sake don't use the task killer apps or battery savers like CCleaner / CleanMaster/ DU Battery Saver. Apps staying in the memory (RAM) are good for your device until your phone is lagging. Clearing the things from the recents panel will force them to start again from scratch, consuming the CPU and of course the battery.
Battery Saving and charging Tips:
Please understand the difference between Screen On time of a complete cycle and the usage time. People start judging the battery from the estimated time left after the first charge itself. A tip is to fully charge the battery after a clean flash and then let it drain till 15%. Do not let the battery drain completely, Li-ion batteries lose their capacity over time and are designed to run between 20-100 percent. Battery life of your phone is completely dependant on your usage. Turning off Auto-Rotation, WiFi, Bluetooth, Sync, Mobile Data, Location Services and scanning (almost everything ) when not needed can give you the best battery life possible. You can consider using Greenify although you should avoid any such thing. Android learns how you use it, no need to comment about the 2 H SOT you're getting after a clean flash. You might also want to uninstall the useless apps and block the wakelocks (which you understand) if possible. Turn off the SIM card if it's in very low network. If nothing is helping you, you might consider doing a factory reset too.
Checkout this amazing thread by @rirozizo and the video by XDA TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zt2j8lFbJQ
Ghost Touch: Your touchscreen is at fault. Visit the service center please.
Screen Retention: Your display is defective. Turning the phone off for a while and then setting blue light filter at 5% for Black colour or changing the RGB values is a temporary fix. Visit the service center please.
Random Reboots: Try factory resetting your device, see if you installed something wrong and flash latest stock firmware, just in case, you know. Else the service center only can fix the issue if still present.
For not being called a noob:
1. Read XDA and other forums and think before you do anything to your phone.
2. Ask in the community if you have doubts. (Read Rules and XDA University's New User's guide first)
3. Always make backups before flashing new things. (Use TitaniumBackup and TWRP backups)
Check the videos by XDA-TV and Rootjunky ( @Tomsgt )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rEsgCrvEqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyr3FstDKH0&index=1&list=PLgLZvFga2ml4Atl32E4c_ZslfrTJJDUfr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-i59R51Cys
4. See this video by XDA-TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
5. Stop using useless apps and be patient pls.
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Good thread, I'll add a couple of my tips here.
- ohmergerd, there's thousands of ROMs for the G4! Which ones are the best???? Nearly every single ROM for the G4 subtracting perhaps GZR ROMs and RevivorOS/optimized stock is LineageOS based (Invicta is basically Lineage with MM kernel blobs and faux/OMS integrated). There's basically no performance differences, just feature differences based on the discretion of the dev.
- If heating is STILL an issue for you, disable the 4 big cores. There isn't a significant difference in everyday use- the LITTLE cluster handles the UI and basic apps anyway.
- Haven't noticed notification bar lag since the 7.1.2 builds. If you have lag (depending on your ROM), using blur or transparency helps trick your eyes into seeing no lag. If lag persists, force enable scrolling cache and speed up the animations.
- If you have a custom kernel and your RAM usage isn't an issue, disable KSM, Adaptive Memory Killer, and/or ZRAM and Kernel Adiutor/EXKM. While useful if you let your memory use skyrocket, if you are conservative in your memory use these memory killers just suck up CPU cycles.
- Build prop tweaks/L Speed/HEBF don't work. Completely placebo, except for governor tweaks.
- USB-OTG is great, I recommend getting a dongle if you're a flashaholic. Much easier and quicker to simply plug in your USB to flash instead of plugging in your phone, transferring the ROM, flashing, etc.
- Use a trickle charger, and save that fast charger for emergencies (camping, flights, etc.).
- Disable a bunch of Google's **** in settings- I advise going through Activity controls as Google takes snippets of keyboard input, voice, web history, video history, etc. This adversely affects battery life especially if you have a weak signal, as Google Play Services continuously attempts to push through their telemetry data. This is also why you get 2hrs of SoT after a clean flash.
- On stock-based ROMs (to eliminate lag), boot the ROM once, then reboot to recovery and flash the latest Aroma GApps package with the apps you want. Then, mount /system, and start deleting all apps in /system/app or /system/priv-app that begin with "3c". This effectively removes Motorola updates and telemetry, and also updates your GApps- the stock GApps are very old, and updating them caused Play Store errors and miscellaneous battery sucking services.
- Mr. Shield Protectors suck. Badly cut-out, misaligned, etc.
Hard reset: A term with the common misconception here in the group. Hard reset means nothing in android smartphones. It is only a term for older computers where you manually had to reset the old electrical parts from the charge they held.
Factory reset via the settings is equivalent to the Wipe Data/Factory reset available in the stock recovery.
Also, always sign out from your Google account before doing the wipe, else chances are your device may enable Factory Reset Protection and lock the device.
Normally my phone was using two BIG cores (and the four LITTLE ones). Each core was utilized around 40-60%.
Withing kernel manager I have set the minimum value for the BIG cores to 1 and I have lowered the minimum frequency value for that core. Now the utilization on that core is close to 100%.
Now the phone is cold all the time (except when charging with the Fast Charger) and I have no lag issues whatsoever.
Oh, btw, on some kernels (EX 1.07, Vegito), workqueue power saving is built in which iirc tries to schedule tasks on the fewest cores as possible, so on these kernels which tend to turn off cores and lower frequencies while asleep the wakeup action, especially while dozing, the wakeup action will be met with significant lag/delay.
If you have a delay when turning on your phone with these kernels (or even stock kernels for some ROMs), disable the setting called wq_power_saving.
I have the solution for random reboots. But only for those devices that reboots 4 or 5 times every day. Just open your device and disconnect the battery for 30 minits. Or also you can change the battery (confirmated it works)
negusp said:
Good thread, I'll add a couple of my tips here.
- ohmergerd, there's thousands of ROMs for the G4! Which ones are the best???? Nearly every single ROM for the G4 subtracting perhaps GZR ROMs and RevivorOS/optimized stock is LineageOS based (Invicta is basically Lineage with MM kernel blobs and faux/OMS integrated). There's basically no performance differences, just feature differences based on the discretion of the dev.
- If heating is STILL an issue for you, disable the 4 big cores. There isn't a significant difference in everyday use- the LITTLE cluster handles the UI and basic apps anyway.
- Haven't noticed notification bar lag since the 7.1.2 builds. If you have lag (depending on your ROM), using blur or transparency helps trick your eyes into seeing no lag. If lag persists, force enable scrolling cache and speed up the animations.
- If you have a custom kernel and your RAM usage isn't an issue, disable KSM, Adaptive Memory Killer, and/or ZRAM and Kernel Adiutor/EXKM. While useful if you let your memory use skyrocket, if you are conservative in your memory use these memory killers just suck up CPU cycles.
- Build prop tweaks/L Speed/HEBF don't work. Completely placebo, except for governor tweaks.
- USB-OTG is great, I recommend getting a dongle if you're a flashaholic. Much easier and quicker to simply plug in your USB to flash instead of plugging in your phone, transferring the ROM, flashing, etc.
- Use a trickle charger, and save that fast charger for emergencies (camping, flights, etc.).
- Disable a bunch of Google's **** in settings- I advise going through Activity controls as Google takes snippets of keyboard input, voice, web history, video history, etc. This adversely affects battery life especially if you have a weak signal, as Google Play Services continuously attempts to push through their telemetry data. This is also why you get 2hrs of SoT after a clean flash.
- On stock-based ROMs (to eliminate lag), boot the ROM once, then reboot to recovery and flash the latest Aroma GApps package with the apps you want. Then, mount /system, and start deleting all apps in /system/app or /system/priv-app that begin with "3c". This effectively removes Motorola updates and telemetry, and also updates your GApps- the stock GApps are very old, and updating them caused Play Store errors and miscellaneous battery sucking services.
- Mr. Shield Protectors suck. Badly cut-out, misaligned, etc.
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Thanks for the tips.
Using Root explorer I deleted the 3c stuff and updated the Gapps via Aroma installer (never knew this Aroma version existed).
Where do I find the Activity controls thing?
bluegrass55 said:
Thanks for the tips.
Using Root explorer I deleted the 3c stuff and updated the Gapps via Aroma installer (never knew this Aroma version existed).
Where do I find the Activity controls thing?
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It's in settings>Google, first 3 menus iirc.
i just had to unroot, re-lock my boot, and flash the latest firmware because someone has been hacking my phone. I purchased a Samsung phone and been switching the SIM between phones. I wish custom ROMs were more secure, flashing every ROM available, some took longer then others. After seeing that the Samsung KNOX wasnt able to be hacked, i decided to flash your stock N package. They are yet to get in my XT-1644 since earlier after the flash.
Am i stuck on the Stock ROM or is there a way to keep from getting a rooted with unlocked bootloader, hacked?
Hi - I have an SM-S908E running Dr Ketan's T05 ROM.
My phone is running fine, but I am very disappointed with the overall battery life. I used to be at 70%+ battery at the end of the day, and now I am in the low 30% range. It could be due to a setting I changed, but I can't figure out what is draining my battery so much faster. Extending my battery life is the most important feature on any phone for me. I always keep my phones until they start to fail due to hardware failures, and I will replace the battery if I can.
Just for reference, my new S22 Ultra replaced a OnePlus 7 Pro that still had the original battery and was typically at 65%+ battery at the end of the day.
So, I'm looking for a bit of help with:
What apps are available to identify what is draining my battery, or can improve my battery life?
What settings should I have to maximize battery life?
What Samsung apps can I uninstall to improve battery life? I don't use any Bixby functionality or the Samsung One UI 5 stuff.
I don't mind changing settings that could result in minor performance hits. This phone is more than fast enough, and reducing the speed by 20% if it would significantly improve battery life would be a stellar win for me.
Thanks!
- Just add all apps to deep sleep for which you don't needs notification or work in the background
- Add all apps to sleeping app for which little delay in notification is fine
Also if you restore your Appdata from cloud never do it for system app, for example settings. Instead spare 5 min time to manually setup. Restore only user app +data with Swiftbackup or similar
Still issue, install Better battery stat (search xda) and monitor and find out culprit
Thanks for the advice, @dr.ketan!
Over 50% of my apps are in deep sleep, and about 30% are in sleep. I did add a few more apps to Deep Sleep. I will check if there is any improvement.
I did restore my system settings from the cloud. If my battery life hasn't improved significantly, I think I will need to create a backup and then do a Factory Reset to clear those settings out and start over with a new installation - this time doing my system settings manually.
I'm pretty sure that means that I will need to restore root and reinstall your ROM. Now that I have gone through those steps once recently, I can do it again a little quicker this time.
¿GotJazz? said:
Thanks for the advice, @dr.ketan!
Over 50% of my apps are in deep sleep, and about 30% are in sleep. I did add a few more apps to Deep Sleep. I will check if there is any improvement.
I did restore my system settings from the cloud. If my battery life hasn't improved significantly, I think I will need to create a backup and then do a Factory Reset to clear those settings out and start over with a new installation - this time doing my system settings manually.
I'm pretty sure that means that I will need to restore root and reinstall your ROM. Now that I have gone through those steps once recently, I can do it again a little quicker this time.
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To clean install you don't have to reinstall rom if you are already on required rom
Simply factory reset device from twrp
Install magisk apk - open it - let it setup required environment
Reboot
Apply Essential fix from rom tool
Reboot
Setup your device
OK, thanks! My battery life hasn't improved, so I will do a Factory Reset and reconfigure.
I'll install TWRP and follow your steps above.
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Hey everyone, figure i start a thread on apps/etc that can be safely disabled, so that we can dial on on removing needless junk from our phones. I am currently running a Snapdragon S22 Ultra, SM-S908U 512GB (AT&T variant) so my list may vary...
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