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Google services are killing me

I've been running the same rom for months it hasn't been changed for at least 3 months. I've experienced massive drain lately. I've read/seen others talking about it in other Rom threads.
I haven't seen much in the way of ideas. Yesterday I cleared cache. I just don't know what the heck is going on.
Thanks for any direction you can give.
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I meant to include this too
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Try using Titanium backup to convert google services to a user app instead of it being a system app. Then you can use greenify to hibernate it. This will render some notifications useless but all your apps with google will still work correctly once you open them. If you use autorun manager you disable all background services for those google apps.
Have a great day!

Ram management issue

Hello
I've got pretty strange issue with my phone running 4.3. Usually it works fine, fast and stable, but after some time (sometimes it's 2 days from start , sometimes it's 6 days ect.) something bad happens . Phone is more laggy and multitasking is very weak. I had this issue on crossflashed 4.2 too, I'm not sure about 4.1. BTW If it works normally settings shows around 300-200 MB of free ram but when this happens it's around 100 MB or even less. After reboot it works as it should work. Anyone got this issue? Is there any fix or I need to switch to cm?
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Always my free RAM is between 100-150.
no lag at all (keeping in mind that I am using XM)
I am using clean master to get more RAM (Closing unwanted processes). there is a lot of apps available @ store
As per senior members word's, Android doesn't need a task manager, as it will close applications by your available RAM.

I have at least 350 RAM free, at all times.
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That depends on installed apps, right?

RedLedLight said:
I have at least 350 RAM free, at all times.
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Yup, same here
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Sorry for my absence xD I've forgotten about my thread.
I've given another chance for 4.3, clean install with root. Unfortunately problem still exist. I know that isn't a high end device but I've got second, even slower device that works better. Yes, I've got some ram hungry apps but only a few (facebook, messeger, swiftkey that's all). I've got only 30 very basic apps installed and I've disabled some unused by me sony apps.
Task managers.... no it's bad idea. I've got two other android devices and they work without any task killers, I never clean recent apps too.
But the most strange thing is that sometimes it can work fine for whole week and sometimes it slows down after two days.
Thanks for your replays.

Use Fly-On Mod for android 4.3 it will solve your ram management issue, added battery backup is bonus
Init.d/busybox needed
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Rooted - now what?

I'm just curious as to what everybody has done now that they've rooted their tablets?
Installed root apps, uninstalled or frozen other apps?

TheOneChristo said:
I'm just curious as to what everybody has done now that they've rooted their tablets?
Installed root apps, uninstalled or frozen other apps?
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Debloat listed apps to speed up or eliminate lag. Uninstall apps not needed, Freeze apps or system files you're not sure to Uninstall. And then create or wait for custom roms.
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Enabled write to SD and plan to use xposed once I know it will work

Xposed installed fine for me.

System App Remover (root) is excellent for this.
This is excellent free app for debloating. It tells you what can be safely removed and what should be left alone and allows for batch uninstall.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp

mitchellvii said:
This is excellent free app for debloating. It tells you what can be safely removed and what should be left alone and allows for batch uninstall.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp
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What's the name of this app because my adblocker is preventing me from using your link. Thanks.
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simacca said:
What's the name of this app because my adblocker is preventing me from using your link. Thanks.
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System App Remover (root)

Debloated and modded a couple system files (feature.xml & build.prop) for now. Waiting on a deodexed ROM so I can theme.

12MaNy said:
Debloated and modded a couple system files (feature.xml & build.prop) for now. Waiting on a deodexed ROM so I can theme.
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What kind of changes? :angel:

Dingchow said:
What kind of changes? :angel:
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I enabled a few crippled options.

12MaNy said:
I enabled a few crippled options.
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I'm sorry but we now refer to these as "functionally challenged" options. ☺

mitchellvii said:
I'm sorry but we now refer to these as "functionally challenged" options. ☺
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Well played

Big one for me is getting up and running quick with Titanium Backup restores. Bought before root was out this time but normally.
Disabling stuff too.
Adblock plus, Lucky patcher
Also upgrade Google Maps back to 6.14.4 is a huge one on my phone. Not so much on the tablet but I may use it in the car more. Will need My Maps for travel.
Custom ROM's when they are out.
Probably forgetting something.
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Changing dpi of apps because in some of them the fonts are too small.
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I've never rooted a Samsung device before. Is it worth it to do now or wait until there are roms available? Do you worry about warranty if you find a hardware issue?
How much would you say debloating helped with speeding up your device? Does it fix the delay from when you press the home button and the animation running? Does it smooth out the stuttering in animations?

meboy said:
Big one for me is getting up and running quick with Titanium Backup restores. Bought before root was out this time but normally.
Disabling stuff too.
Adblock plus, Lucky patcher
Also upgrade Google Maps back to 6.14.4 is a huge one on my phone. Not so much on the tablet but I may use it in the car more. Will need My Maps for travel.
Custom ROM's when they are out.
Probably forgetting something.
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How will you use google map/navigator on the tablet? Is your table with 4G? As far as I know google map requires network access.
I am using CoPilot for navigating in the car. It uses downloaded maps.
With my phone I have been using google navigation but I did not like it too much. It is too insistent with its idea of where to go. It will only
recalculate the route after many miles passed its suggested direction. I had this issue in highway, it may be different in city navigation.

I rooted my S 8.4 wifi (T700) and cleaned bloatware.. now I would like to install twrp or cwm.. to make a backup and play deeper with the toy..
Has anyone done it already? Any different from other androids?
Thx.

@Peter234: Probably tethering. I have zero problems using my Note 3 as a hotspot. I also think that Google Maps will let you 'cache' a route as well; IIRC it's one of the Labs features.
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rolandhsu23 said:
I've never rooted a Samsung device before. Is it worth it to do now or wait until there are roms available? Do you worry about warranty if you find a hardware issue?
How much would you say debloating helped with speeding up your device? Does it fix the delay from when you press the home button and the animation running? Does it smooth out the stuttering in animations?
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Debloating doubles your battery life, and the device will always respond much faster because those running system apps eat up a lot of RAM and CPU power. After I did a massive debloat, the lag and stuttering pretty much went away.
You can also install root apps, which can speed up your RAM, prolong battery life, and improve performance. My favorites are Greenify, SD Booster, and Autokiller.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Got-ROOT-Here-are-the-root-Android-apps-you-must-try_id46065

De bloating does not double your battery life not even nearly double. Also 80% free RAM is no quicker than 20% free RAM. Sure, improvements can be had but let's keep things in the realm of reality here.

[Q] Removing ATT and Samsung Bloat

What the best way to be able to remove bloat wear from Samsung and ATT? I know a specific ROM would help but If I want to stay with stock, can I get ride of this?
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4Nails

4Nails said:
What the best way to be able to remove bloat wear from Samsung and ATT? I know a specific ROM would help but If I want to stay with stock, can I get ride of this?
Thanks
4Nails
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From the moment, disabling em. At least is what I did
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COA4178 said:
From the moment, disabling em. At least is what I did
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This is all I could do also.. you can disable most of the bloat.. but it's still there taking up space.
I wonder though.. does disabling really disable everything ? Without extensive testing and monitoring.. one can only wonder..
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xlr8shun said:
This is all I could do also.. you can disable most of the bloat.. but it's still there taking up space.
I wonder though.. does disabling really disable everything ? Without extensive testing and monitoring.. one can only wonder..
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The only way to see is check the running apps and c wether or not they disabled
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COA4178 said:
From the moment, disabling em. At least is what I did
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It would be helpful if you please list the bloatware that you disabled without any issues in the phone?
Thanks.

How do you disable the bloat?
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2bnoted said:
It would be helpful if you please list the bloatware that you disabled without any issues in the phone?
Thanks.
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I disabled anything I wouldnt use, anything that is from att, yellow pages, some kids app, and some other weird names.
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How do you disable the bloat?
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Click on app drawer, hold the app u going to disable drag it to the top of then and drop it where it says disable. Let me know if it work.

COA4178 said:
I disabled anything I wouldnt use, anything that is from att, yellow pages, some kids app, and some other weird names.
Click on app drawer, hold the app u going to disable drag it to the top of then and drop it where it says disable. Let me know if it work.
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Ok. I thought you disabled the apps using the Settings>Application Manager route. In the application manager you can see many other apps also which are not listed as your apps but are running in the background and can be disabled. Also, using this method, for each app you can first clear the data and cache before disabling / turning off the app thereby freeing up some more space taken by these apps.

I would love to know this as well, specifically the ones not found in the app drawer

Is disabling the app like freezing the app?
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RiNo808 said:
Is disabling the app like freezing the app?
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Without root you probably can't freeze apps. You can probably only turn them off

Is it necessary to kill background apps?

Do you even have to go into multitask, and swipe away apps running in the background, or is it a waste of time?
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Depends on app, some consume more battery than others.
Pp.

PanchoPlanet said:
Depends on app, some consume more battery than others.
Pp.
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For example, games? I heard its actually better to leave them in the background, because android is so advanced now, it knows how to handle unused apps, and killing them actually takes more battery.
Besides games, and obvious apps.
I'm talking more bout apps like twitter, and things like that.
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It depends on app permissions , if they spend a lot of time updating and syncing they can suck up your battery.
Pp.

PanchoPlanet said:
It depends on app permissions , if they spend a lot of time updating and syncing they can suck up your battery.
Pp.
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This.
If the apps are doing nothing in resident memory it is more efficient to leave them there.

Skipjacks said:
This.
If the apps are doing nothing in resident memory it is more efficient to leave them there.
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OK thanks fellas.
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