I just recently rooted my SGS3 I747M and installed a custom ROM (SlimBean). My main reason for rooting was to get rid of the annoying bloatware. For those who are veterans to this process, what are some of your tips for the new rooted user to make the most of it?
Basic things such as advice that can improve the stability, speed, or battery life of the phone to applications that improve productivity and added convenience such as Adblock Plus.
So far, I'm enjoying the battery life due to the "dark" setting of most of the phone, it doesn't heat up as much anymore too! Although that can be attributed to the bloatware not waking the phone when it should be sleeping.
Just a tip mms doesn't go thru with adblocker known issue.
I use ds battery saver turns off wifi and data when screen off also greenify hibernates apps when your not using them got an extra 2 hours or of the battery most days just from those two apps
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try installing a kernel.. battery life improves some with a better kernel. BMS or leankernel are excellent choices.
I went inverted apps cause people claim it helps with battery since the screen is darker when using inverts. http://www.designrifts.com/teamblackedoutapp/category/blacked-out-apps/
Some rooted apps I use are rom toolbox, sd maid, cache cleaner ng, greenify and wake lock detector.
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Titanium Backup....BetterBatteryStats....Root Explore...did I mention Titanium Backup?
I also use Titanium BU to make widgets for a few apps (google +) and a few others. I set the widget so when I tap it, like Google + it opens. When I tap it again it freezes the app so they dont get stuck running in background
jasvncnt1 said:
Titanium Backup....BetterBatteryStats....Root Explore...did I mention Titanium Backup?
I also use Titanium BU to make widgets for a few apps (google +) and a few others. I set the widget so when I tap it, like Google + it opens. When I tap it again it freezes the app so they dont get stuck running in background
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Thanks for the tibu widget tip was unaware of that :good:
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mkfryan said:
Thanks for the tibu widget tip was unaware of that :good:
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No problem. I have been using TB for ever and just discovered it recently lol
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I've been using auto memory manager for a long time and before that advanced task killer. Are these kind of apps even need in froyo?
My only 2 concerns are battery life and performance. Is the stock app manager good enuff?
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ctbenk said:
I've been using auto memory manager for a long time and before that advanced task killer. Are these kind of apps even need in froyo?
My only 2 concerns are battery life and performance. Is the stock app manager good enuff?
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For the longest time I did the same thing then I started heating that it was not good so on tried it with out and I can not tell a diffrence rather way in performance or battery life. So I decided to leave out off for the space even though it's not much
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In my experiments I saw the battery life to be worse when using task killers with Froyo. I dont even mess with the open apps on my phone anymore.. This is because android is designed to keeps apps in the process tree so that they open faster.. However the "open apps" take up little to no memory. What I do mess with however is the Running Services. To get here go to Setting/application/ runnings services.
Hope it helped!
I have a stock s3 every time I go to kill tasks it shows 49 apps were killed... why is there so much stuff running in background is there a way to stop this without rooting this phone?
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There should be no need. Itws better imo to kill the ones that show up in running that use aldt of ram.
Without rooting? Yes.
Setting, application manager, all, then you can click on certain ones and click disable.
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Before you start killing random apps you need to know what they are and why they are running. There are a couple of programs in the play store that tell you if the a problem battery wise. I do not recommend an app killer because all the programs restart eating more battery life each time the restart. Most of them are supposed to be running.
Should stop using task killers, that'll make it worse.
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I have noticed there are so many battery saving apps on the Playstore but do you have any reccomendations for a good one
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Just install greenify. I have tried plenty before I had Note II, they've had little effect and I often had issues with many of them. If needed use power saving mode + greenify. Why, are you getting crappy battery life?
If your rooted install Redpill Kernel no need of any apps ,
Again for Greenify you need root but this is also suggested app ,
If your not rooted , You could try Juice Defender Ultimate from Playstore.
I'm not actually the battery life on the Note II is very good probably one of the best out there on a mobile phone, was just enquiring
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Yes just use greenify and maybe fast dormancy toggle for disable it. It was the 2 best thing for a rooted device i done.
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ppn7 said:
Yes just use greenify and maybe fast dormancy toggle for disable it. It was the 2 best thing for a rooted device i done.
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All these apps are a bit useless to be honest. The most important thing is just to set your brightness manually, enable/disable all the functionalities like GPS/W-FI/BlueTooth etc only when needed. Also setting your mail-account to sync once in the 2/3 hours, instead of 15 minutes helps alot also. If you are rooted, you could also remove some Samsung/Android Apps that basically do nothing apart from using battery.
A app to close the processes of application will help also. But if you want to try a battery-save app. JuiceDefender Ultimite for Rooted Users, GreenPower Premium for non-rooters.
Greenify.
You won't need anything else.
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All these apps are a bit useless to be honest. The most important thing is just to set your brightness manually, enable/disable all the functionalities like GPS/W-FI/BlueTooth etc only when needed. Also setting your mail-account to sync once in the 2/3 hours, instead of 15 minutes helps alot also. If you are rooted, you could also remove some Samsung/Android Apps that basically do nothing apart from using battery.
A app to close the processes of application will help also. But if you want to try a battery-save app. JuiceDefender Ultimite for Rooted Users, GreenPower Premium for non-rooters.
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What does juice defender except turning off the data when screen is off ? If it's only that you can also do it manually.
Greenify is useful for lot of user and app which use data or process even if you disable synchro like facebook.
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i installed greenify the other day and hibernate fb. but it was draining my battery when the phone was supposed to be sleeping. i then removed it and its back to normal.
just my 2 cents. xD
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What does juice defender except turning off the data when screen is off ? If it's only that you can also do it manually.
Greenify is useful for lot of user and app which use data or process even if you disable synchro like facebook.
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I was so lazy to say this. Good thing. Thanks!
Well another point of these Battery-Saving apps. They could make your phone unstable. You can set manually the sync times for Facebook, E-mail , Weather Apps etc. Greenify works pretty good. It is basically a program to put the processes on the background on hold. When you use that application , it restores fast the proces (where it was). Handy for FB etc yes. Although sometimes you can see a small delay (hick-up) when you open a app that was Greenified.
naeem86 said:
i installed greenify the other day and hibernate fb. but it was draining my battery when the phone was supposed to be sleeping. i then removed it and its back to normal.
just my 2 cents. xD
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On the night it was draining the Battery? Hiw much percent? I loose 2% for 6h of deep sleep
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ppn7 said:
On the night it was draining the Battery? Hiw much percent? I loose 2% for 6h of deep sleep
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If i have 2g on, i barely lose battery when the phone is in deep sleep. when i leave the phone at nite and wake up in the morning i lose like 1% or 2% max. but with greenify every time i was leaving the phone in deep sleep, i was losing like 2% per hour.
i will try uninstall greenify
Ok looks like Greenify will only work with rooted phones so looks like I cannot use it
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Albinoni said:
Ok looks like Greenify will only work with rooted phones so looks like I cannot use it
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You sir, need a *facepalm*
Well my Galaxy Note II is not rooted just to let you know
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As im installing seeder and also Greenifying many battery hog apps, the thought ran across ..do I actually wanna greenify seeder, or should it be left to run .
Would hibernating it affect it on wakelock, Obviously you don't wana have to restart seeder every time you want to use it... but id like to just have it run when the device is being used.
So if I greenify it will that be ok or render that app useless?
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First run Better Battery Stats and see if it's actually an issue. No point in greenifying it if it's not causing many wakelocks.
Im not sure what im looking at in better batt stats or what it all means ..
All I know is this is my 3rd s4
And the only one of the 3 that has stupid bad battery life... my last two were stellar.
Its so bad its comparable to galaxy s2 batt life.
Should I unroot and odin stock??
Or get a new battery the phones only 2 days old.
I watch the percentage drain like a percent every 3 min.
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As im installing seeder and also Greenifying many battery hog apps, the thought ran across ..do I actually wanna greenify seeder, or should it be left to run .
Would hibernating it affect it on wakelock, Obviously you don't wana have to restart seeder every time you want to use it... but id like to just have it run when the device is being used.
So if I greenify it will that be ok or render that app useless?
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Do not greenify seeder. If u greenify it stops its functionality
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So the stock ota 4.3 is awesome for performance and smoothness , but for battery it is absolutely horrible, even with a rooted phone and a 7000 extended battery im only getting about a day and 12 hours with about 8ish hours of screen time, then when i was on 4.1.2 i was getting 2 days 12 hours with 15+ish hours of screen time
Im using the same apps as before , greenify , deep sleep battery , mediaserver killer, and wake lock and everything looks normal like 4.1.2 but draining way way faster
Side note i also turned off all my notifications , turned off vibration, turned all gps, locations, off, brightness all the way down, sync is off that dont seem to help
Anyone else notice this or is just me? Anything i could be missing that i should check
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I'm getting the same battery life as I was on 4.1.2 I do not use greenify or any other monitoring apps of any kind as they are monitoring all the time which does take resources aka BATTERY to monitor I'm also on stock kernel and I tried the decimalman kernel and for me that provided a faster performance with conservative governor bit way worse battery life. Maybe your battery is going bad...
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I'm getting the same battery life as I was on 4.1.2 I do not use greenify or any other monitoring apps of any kind as they are monitoring all the time which does take resources aka BATTERY to monitor I'm also on stock kernel and I tried the decimalman kernel and for me that provided a faster performance with conservative governor bit way worse battery life. Maybe your battery is going bad...
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exactly, I charge mine like once every 24-30 hours and it's rooted on the stock 4.3 ota...remove all those monitoring apps, they're quite pointless.
I use the following rooted apps: adaway 2.8, titanium pro/donate version, clean master, system cleaner, root browser, cache cleaner ng
I ripped out all the Google stock apps like books, games, news, etc. I freeze Facebook cause that eats a lot of battery and only defrost for certain times...I use the browser for my email, Facebook, Amazon, even here like now lol
maybe you'll wanna try the kitkat 4.4.2 nightly rom? more battery friendly too, I have all files up to date and instructions to install it in my rooting 4.3 stock guide if you wanna check it out...totally safe to use
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exactly, I charge mine like once every 24-30 hours and it's rooted on the stock 4.3 ota...remove all those monitoring apps, they're quite pointless.
I use the following rooted apps: adaway 2.8, titanium pro/donate version, clean master, system cleaner, root browser, cache cleaner ng
I ripped out all the Google stock apps like books, games, news, etc. I freeze Facebook cause that eats a lot of battery and only defrost for certain times...I use the browser for my email, Facebook, Amazon, even here like now lol
maybe you'll wanna try the kitkat 4.4.2 nightly rom? more battery friendly too, I have all files up to date and instructions to install it in my rooting 4.3 stock guide if you wanna check it out...totally safe to use
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Have a link?
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sorry about that, here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596697
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I'm getting the same battery life as I was on 4.1.2 I do not use greenify or any other monitoring apps of any kind as they are monitoring all the time which does take resources aka BATTERY to monitor I'm also on stock kernel and I tried the decimalman kernel and for me that provided a faster performance with conservative governor bit way worse battery life. Maybe your battery is going bad...
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Im gonna have my gf try my battery, i had her not do the 4.3 update .... Find out soon if its my battery lol
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