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Anyone know It's possible to get speed camera alerts while using the navigation app?
I have this strange tenancy to drive slightly above the speed limit and from using it in the past, I'm sure it.doesn't warn you about speed cameras. I know I should just keep alert, but there are times when you lose concentration.
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a) Not available in the navigation app, try a different gps application.
b) If you're prone to losing concentration, please don't speed.
LeszekSwirski said:
b) If you're prone to losing concentration, please don't speed.
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Amen to that!
Try Radardroid. I believe its a gps app and alerts you if any speed camera is on your route.
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I use a combination of two applications.
GPS Software - Copilot 8 Live (Works very well, very nice software)
Speed Cameras - Trapster - Again works well and is free from the market.
Trapster runs in the background, too.
Tander_ZA said:
I use a combination of two applications.
GPS Software - Copilot 8 Live (Works very well, very nice software)
Speed Cameras - Trapster - Again works well and is free from the market.
Trapster runs in the background, too.
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shame that Copilot 8 Live isn't free, but Trapster seems to be working very well !!
thanks for that!
LeszekSwirski said:
b) If you're prone to losing concentration, please don't speed.
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Didn't mean it like that. I meant concentration as in looking for speed cameras.
Also when I say speed, it'd only be a few mph, nothing excessive. I like to go at least 5mph under the speed limit when going through a camera (i don't trust them)
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shame that Copilot 8 Live isn't free, but Trapster seems to be working very well !!
thanks for that!
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Copilot may not be free, but it is very cheap for what it is and a far superior navigation solution than Google Navigation (which is still pretty good for free!).
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Dave
foxmeister said:
Copilot may not be free, but it is very cheap for what it is and a far superior navigation solution than Google Navigation (which is still pretty good for free!).
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Dave
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Agreed - the software is worth every penny.
I hate Google Nav - don't like it one bit.
Copilot Live V8 is fantastic. I have downloaded every map that they have currently available and my Copilot folder is slightly larger than 4Gb in size. It has hung on loading just once and I had to reboot the phone then it was ok. Had installed vlingo just before that and wondered if too many apps were running.
It is more accurate than my Garmin 765t but of course lacks a lot of the refinements of a dedicated satnav device. It is certainly accurate to within <10m and I would say around 3 m.
It does not have speed and red light cameras which my garmin has.
I find some of the countries maps have no POI available and only limited categories in others. Not sure how many Favorites you can store for each country.
I have tested it against the Garmin and routing is nearly always the same.
I recommend this app to anyone and it is worth the money if you pay for it.
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It does not have speed and red light cameras which my garmin has.
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Mine does (UK).
Ha ha ha, why would you download every map there is for it?
Just use the map for your country and you will see it even starts up quicker after that. My Copilot folder size is <- 200mb or so.
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I like to go at least 5mph under the speed limit when going through a camera (i don't trust them)
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You're the sole source of my road rage!
ImBarryScott said:
You're the sole source of my road rage!
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Good good.
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Hello,
I'd like to go over the running apps on my phone to see what your recommendations would be killing or uninstalling if possible certain apps.
My new phone went through the battery insanely fast compared to my ET4G so I'd like to tweak it with your help.
BIP - is to allow LTE? I currently am not using LTE but I see BIP running.
Bluetooth share - I want BT always on (had it that way on the last 5 phones I've had so I know about battery use on it) But I see it is running as BT share, my BT settings on the phone are -set to only visible to shared devices - is the BT share normal or is there another place I should turn off a BT service as the only thing I use BT is for my headset - no tethering, external keyboards or anything else.
Google services - not sure what that is
Media - I almost never ever play any music or videos - is that necessary?
I have GPS/location services off I believe but I see google maps runing
VZ Backup assistant - I don't think I have any use at all for this
Android live wallpaper - does that drain much?
Don't worry about those. Unless you want to hide them in the app menu, I strongly suggest you leave them all alone. A Nexus with only those preinstalled apps on it will drain less than half of a percent per hour on standby. That's ~8 days of standby time.
The screen on this phone is, by far, the biggest battery drain. Inc comparison to the above number, the screen will kill your battery in 3 hours. Everything else pales in comparison.
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Hello,
I'd like to go over the running apps on my phone to see what your recommendations would be killing or uninstalling if possible certain apps.
My new phone went through the battery insanely fast compared to my ET4G so I'd like to tweak it with your help.
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Welcome to LTE, really.
BIP - is to allow LTE? I currently am not using LTE but I see BIP running.
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don't know.
Bluetooth share - I want BT always on (had it that way on the last 5 phones I've had so I know about battery use on it) But I see it is running as BT share, my BT settings on the phone are -set to only visible to shared devices - is the BT share normal or is there another place I should turn off a BT service as the only thing I use BT is for my headset - no tethering, external keyboards or anything else.
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The process has to be running to be ready to transfer files.
Google services - not sure what that is
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Think you can figure that one out....
Media - I almost never ever play any music or videos - is that necessary?
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Media scanner is running (for things like Gallery esp) for when you take pictures or need to access pictures for other apps.
I have GPS/location services off I believe but I see google maps running
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Just how it is. You can try signing out of Latitude or fully disabling Maps. In my tests, disabling it doesn't help or hurt battery, but causes issues because you have to re-enable it and update it just to use it again. What a burden, just let it be IMHO.
VZ Backup assistant - I don't think I have any use at all for this
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Then disable it.
Android live wallpaper - does that drain much?
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It actually drains a lot. One of the first things to do to save battery is turn down screen brightness and turn off live wallpapers.
martonikaj said:
turn off live wallpapers.
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Unless you've got some crazy 3D wallpaper (which would probably run like #### on this phone using the default launcher anyway), they might be 2% of your total drain. Unless you're being super anal, I'd leave it alone unless you prefer a static wallpaper aesthetically.
martonikaj said:
The process has to be running to be ready to transfer files.
Media scanner is running (for things like Gallery esp) for when you take pictures or need to access pictures for other apps.
Then disable it.
It actually drains a lot. One of the first things to do to save battery is turn down screen brightness and turn off live wallpapers.
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Thanks for the info!
If I don't use BT for file transfers - is there a way to make sure that doesn't ever run?
I use the camera about once every 3 months however I do browse IMDB at least once a week - so can I leave it off and turn it one when I need it or does IMDB need it for pictures?
Is there a proper way to disable VZ backup?
Thanks - good to know. I didn't really find any wallpapers I liked - is it easy to just set it for a plain black or dark blue background?
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Unless you've got some crazy 3D wallpaper (which would probably run like #### on this phone using the default launcher anyway), they might be 2% of your total drain. Unless you're being super anal, I'd leave it alone unless you prefer a static wallpaper aesthetically.
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I said if you're trying to save battery turn off live wallpapers. Doesn't mean theyre a huge drain but they absolutely do drain more than a static wallpaper. OP is obviously paranoid about power so he shouldn't be using a LWP.
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Thanks for the info!
If I don't use BT for file transfers - is there a way to make sure that doesn't ever run?
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No. Just let it run.
I use the camera about once every 3 months however I do browse IMDB at least once a week - so can I leave it off and turn it one when I need it or does IMDB need it for pictures?
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Again, just let it be.
Is there a proper way to disable VZ backup?
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From the app drawer, press and hold the app, drag it to the top of the screen for "app info" then hit "disable".
Thanks - good to know. I didn't really find any wallpapers I liked - is it easy to just set it for a plain black or dark blue background?
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Just find a wallpaper and put it on the phone, then select it from the gallery after long-pressing on the homescreen.
The basic theme here is to just let things run. You're not giving Android enough credit for managing tasks. It does this for you. When a process is just sitting in RAM it's not actually using any power. Its just waiting to be used. You will absolutely kill more battery (and cripple your user experience) trying to manage these things manually then just letting them run. This is why the idea of auto task-killers is completely backwards. Just let Android manage things and stop worrying about it. As above poster said, the screen will easily be 50%+ of your drain over a day of usage. The best thing you can do if you want to lengthen battery is lower screen brightness.... really.
I have to say this is the first gameloft game that I really like. The graphics run on high and so far it runs smooth.
Great looking game, but it does stutter/lag often on my Shield (especially when all the cars are on screen) I noticed that rebooting the device before playing helps. Does anyone else have this issue? I am sure that Tegra 4 can run this game easily, so maybe Gameloft needs to properly optimize it
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Great looking game, but it does stutter/lag often on my Shield (especially when all the cars are on screen) I noticed that rebooting the device before playing helps. Does anyone else have this issue? I am sure that Tegra 4 can run this game easily, so maybe Gameloft needs to properly optimize it
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My guess by the sounds of it is that you are unaware that android multitasks and have not ever bothered closing apps in the background.... That would explain why rebooting helps first as that would close background apps which would otherwise cause lag.
I actually blame android poorly labelling the "recent apps" button, it actually shows "running" apps, if you open recent apps and swipe an app to the left or right to remove it from the list it closes it (and a few more like steam, dropbox and facebook also run 24/7 but need closing from task manager). There are also android task killing apps and widgets which close all running apps with the exception of system ones and those you specify in a whitelist with 1 press.
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My guess by the sounds of it is that you are unaware that android multitasks and have not ever bothered closing apps in the background.... That would explain why rebooting helps first as that would close background apps which would otherwise cause lag.
I actually blame android poorly labelling the "recent apps" button, it actually shows "running" apps, if you open recent apps and swipe an app to the left or right to remove it from the list it closes it (and a few more like steam, dropbox and facebook also run 24/7 but need closing from task manager). There are also android task killing apps and widgets which close all running apps with the exception of system ones and those you specify in a whitelist with 1 press.
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Oh trust me, I'm a Android veteran, and know all about killing running task! I do kill all running processes before playing, but I still see some lag. It only seems to run best when the entire Shield is rebooted. I am pretty sure that this is an optimization issue with the game, as I dont have to reboot at all with all the other tegra 4 enhanced games that I have on my Shield.
I just wanted to see if i was the only person having this issue..thanks for replying
Drifting
Is it possible to partially drift with the Nvidia Shield like how you would with your phone? Each time I drift, it doesn't allow you to make a small drift, only large drifts.
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Is it possible to partially drift with the Nvidia Shield like how you would with your phone? Each time I drift, it doesn't allow you to make a small drift, only large drifts.
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What do you mean large drifts?
If you want to stop drifting just hit the "X" button again.
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What do you mean large drifts?
If you want to stop drifting just hit the "X" button again.
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Thanks, but if you played this with your standard phone, you use the gyroscope which allows you to either drift/ turn a little or a lot, when I say large drifts I am not referring to the length, sorry for the confusion. So is there anyway to control the turn while drifting?
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Thanks, but if you played this with your standard phone, you use the gyroscope which allows you to either drift/ turn a little or a lot, when I say large drifts I am not referring to the length, sorry for the confusion. So is there anyway to control the turn while drifting?
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Oh okay, well I haven't tried it on a phone so I don't know what level of control the gyroscope gives you, but slightly moving the left joystick on the shield gives you control while you're drifting.
I haven't mastered it yet so I still have trouble with it doing what I want it to, but it definitely alters your drift direction.
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Oh okay, well I haven't tried it on a phone so I don't know what level of control the gyroscope gives you, but slightly moving the left joystick on the shield gives you control while you're drifting.
I haven't mastered it yet so I still have trouble with it doing what I want it to, but it definitely alters your drift direction.
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oh ok, thank you
MRCANNADY said:
Great looking game, but it does stutter/lag often on my Shield (especially when all the cars are on screen) I noticed that rebooting the device before playing helps. Does anyone else have this issue? I am sure that Tegra 4 can run this game easily, so maybe Gameloft needs to properly optimize it
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Use a live wallpaper that Uses the Unity engine, it seems to wake up the CPU/GPU after it goes to sleep which causes both to run at only 60% of the specs.
Nvidia said they were going to look into it, in the Nvidia Shield forums, but there is no ETA on when.
I use the "Andromeda Free Live Wallpaper" would love to put a link to the store but just created the account today so I'm restricted for the time being so search on the Google Play store.
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Use a live wallpaper that Uses the Unity engine, it seems to wake up the CPU/GPU after it goes to sleep which causes both to run at only 60% of the specs.
Nvidia said they were going to look into it, in the Nvidia Shield forums, but there is no ETA on when.
I use the "Andromeda Free Live Wallpaper" would love to put a link to the store but just created the account today so I'm restricted for the time being so search on the Google Play store.
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I just saw this tip in the nvidia forums also. Thanks...works like a charm! Very little to no lag now.
I've had a lot of fun with this game as well.
But has anyone noticed any random crashing to homescreen? My first crash was when my battery was getting fairly low, so I was afraid that had something to do with it. But then even after recharging some I got more random crashes. I re-enabled wifi and haven't had a crash since...
That kind of makes me curious what is going on... but I haven't looked into it further yet, so don't mean to raise any alarms.
Throughout all this though it has not corrupted my save data or anything, at least as of yet *knock on wood*. I think it was Asphault 7 that one time I got a phone call in the middle of gameplay and it crashed the game and corrupted my save data >_> I had some backups though, but lost some progress.
~Troop
That's weird. I haven't seen any crashes yet but I haven't played it for extended periods of time yet either.
Really Glad that one good Racing game has the controller support.
Enjoyed playing the game a lot
All games that use onscreen controls should be updated to support joysticks/controlpads either shield/moga/ps3 etc. You know how much better it is to physical controls? Freakin' amazing.
tenchichrono said:
All games that use onscreen controls should be updated to support joysticks/controlpads either shield/moga/ps3 etc. You know how much better it is to physical controls? Freakin' amazing.
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Agree! it all ends up with the developer/publisher for the support.
I have not done the Nougat update yet and was wondering if anyone can comment on how the new doze features do, or do not, possibly interfere with apps that use GPS to track activities. These would be apps like Strava, RideWIthGPS, RunKeeper, etc. I use RideWithGPS and simply start it, put my phone in my pocket and let it track me with screen off the whole time. My understanding of the new doze is that it might kick in and stop the tracking whereas MM doze does not because of motion. So if anyone on the official (not beta) 7 uses these kinds of apps with screen off all the time I'd appreciate it if you could comment. Does doze interfere and stop the tracking? Did you need to exclude the app from battery optimization? Other issues/comments?
I'm not rooted (and not looking to do so) so experience/solutions/comments that refer to rooted options are interesting but aren't really what I'm after.
Tracking apps will not be affected.
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PiousInquisitor said:
Tracking apps will not be affected.
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Have you used any on 7? I tend to think they will be ok too but an looking for real world feedback.
adobeman said:
Have you used any on 7? I tend to think they will be ok too but an looking for real world feedback.
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I haven't. I use a GPS watch now that syncs with Strava so I have no need to use it on my phone.
It worked fine on MM which also used doze (though a less aggressive version). If it were an issue tracking apps would be getting terrible ratings on the Google Play Store right now. If you really want me to test it I can run one of the apps for you on my ride tomorrow.
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Wow. That's a really kind offer. If you track it with ridewithgps that would be awesome. It's free but you will probably need to set up an account. So I understand if you don't want to do that.
Enjoy the ride!
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Wow. That's a really kind offer. If you track it with ridewithgps that would be awesome. It's free but you will probably need to set up an account. So I understand if you don't want to do that.
Enjoy the ride!
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This one?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ridewithgps.mobile
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Yup. That's the one. It doesn't have all the social aspects of Strava but it's been solid for my needs. Thanks again.
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Yup. That's the one. It doesn't have all the social aspects of Strava but it's been solid for my needs. Thanks again.
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Rode with the Ride with GPS app and it went well. I don't know if the phone ever dozed. In fact the battery stats show it was awake the whole ride. I doubt that the app will allow the phone to sleep or doze.
Thanks. I appreciate your doing this for me.
Personally i have never really felt the need to get rid of the facebook app despite the bad criticism it gets online! Recently however i decided to disable it and use an alternative app (swipe pro) Its not quiet as good as the proper facebook app but its not bad! If it was gonna help with battery life then i was happy to stick with it but iam not so sure it has! Battery life ever since has been equal at best , possibly even a little worse off then i was when i had the facebook app so iam wondering whats the actual difference between the two? Is the facebook app after improving or are alternative apps such as swipe pro simply not as good as they should be? Iam talking strictly in terms of saving battery life here!
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I tried out Swipe for Facebook, but it wasn't as fluent as Metal for Facebook.
All these apps are wrappers for the web version of FB.
I'd always use FB on browser, but it's annoying to view messages (request desktop site and then it doesn't fit to screen. Still though, Metal surely has the fastest loading time for me.
The regular Facebook app (and Messenger) are complete battery hogs. They eat up more resources than they should and have a lot of unneeded permissions. I could deal with that if they didn't force Messenger on it.
Anyways, any third party Facebook app is just a wrapper to the mobile web version. They will always require less permissions and resources.
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I tried out Swipe for Facebook, but it wasn't as fluent as Metal for Facebook.
All these apps are wrappers for the web version of FB.
I'd always use FB on browser, but it's annoying to view messages (request desktop site and then it doesn't fit to screen. Still though, Metal surely has the fastest loading time for me.
The regular Facebook app (and Messenger) are complete battery hogs. They eat up more resources than they should and have a lot of unneeded permissions. I could deal with that if they didn't force Messenger on it.
Anyways, any third party Facebook app is just a wrapper to the mobile web version. They will always require less permissions and resources.
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Any reasoning why i havent seen any improvement in battery life? It actually seems to be a tad worse! I should add that i have not been experiencing poor battery life, Iam content with it but i just wanted to rid myself of facebook and try an alternative in the hope i could improve battery life a little further but in my own personal experience, disabling facebook and using swipe pro instead has made no difference!!
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Personally i have never really felt the need to get rid of the facebook app despite the bad criticism it gets online! Recently however i decided to disable it and use an alternative app (swipe pro) Its not quiet as good as the proper facebook app but its not bad! If it was gonna help with battery life then i was happy to stick with it but iam not so sure it has! Battery life ever since has been equal at best , possibly even a little worse off then i was when i had the facebook app so iam wondering whats the actual difference between the two? Is the facebook app after improving or are alternative apps such as swipe pro simply not as good as they should be? Iam talking strictly in terms of saving battery life here!
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You can try "Friendly for Facebook" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.friendly), it's super smooth and well done. I was using it on iPhone, now it is available for Android too.
Blaalad12 said:
Any reasoning why i havent seen any improvement in battery life? It actually seems to be a tad worse! I should add that i have not been experiencing poor battery life, Iam content with it but i just wanted to rid myself of facebook and try an alternative in the hope i could improve battery life a little further but in my own personal experience, disabling facebook and using swipe pro instead has made no difference!!
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Placebo?
Have you actually used a proper app to track the app's usage? Wakelocks? Drain? Etc. I'm sure Swipe has less usage.
You're never gonna have a DRASTIC change in overall battery, though.
If you want to improve battery life, look up Greenify.
Even non-root mode is useful.
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I just downloaded that app and holy crap it's so smooth, I know it wasn't directed to me but thank you. ?
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Placebo?
Have you actually used a proper app to track the app's usage? Wakelocks? Drain? Etc. I'm sure Swipe has less usage.
You're never gonna have a DRASTIC change in overall battery, though.
If you want to improve battery life, look up Greenify.
Even non-root mode is useful.
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I just downloaded that app and holy crap it's so smooth, I know it wasn't directed to me but thank you.
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Is greenify worth it? Seems to be conflicting info on it. Some say its great, others say its not necessary and others say it actually runs in the background and thus they found the battery life to be equally as bad if not worse when using greenify!!
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Is greenify worth it? Seems to be conflicting info on it. Some say its great, others say its not necessary and others say it actually runs in the background and thus they found the battery life to be equally as bad if not worse when using greenify!!
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Greenify drains almost no battery, it's very lightweight and designed to work well.
It's best use would be to shut down apps that run in the background to get less drain. I do it when I am at work and whatnot, it saves a lot of battery for me in the end.
It also does aggresive doze (optional) to further save some juice.
There's no way Greenify can make your battery worse, I've never heard of that.
The only thing that can is like 85% of those battery saver apps on the Play Store. I'm sure some are good, but most suck.
I switched from FB to Swipe Pro a few month ago. According to GSam battery monitor, FB was always the top drainer, Swipe is much more easy on the battery.
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I just downloaded that app and holy crap it's so smooth, I know it wasn't directed to me but thank you.
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Glad to hear that
Does anyone here know what the best set up for swipe pro is? After using it the past 24 hours i quiet like it and battery life does seem to have been improved a little but i have two issues! Iam not seeing/receiving any notifications unless i go in to the app? I have 'enable notifications' ticked and whilst they are present within the app, iam not seeing them until i use the app which sucks a little!! Ironically i have 'vibrate' off and when i go into the app and the notification shows itself it vibrates ha Any ideas?
Also, the settings in general are a bit confusing in my opinion. For example , should i toggled 'enable messages' to on or leave off if i still use messenger? and with notification frequency sync . I had it set to manual on the original app but on this thats not an option?? Is there a difference in how both work? And what is foreground syncing?
Thanks
Oh and on a side note. Whilst i know the difference between amoled and lcd panels and understand that each pixel is being used with lcd regardless of wether the wallpaper is black or not! Is there any power savings to be had at all by using black wallpapers/themes on the htc 10??
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