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I would like to create a single post where we comment on recommendations to make better and faster and more reliable our phones, ways to decrease the RAM usage, extend battery life, useful tricks, etc.
- Disable all animations
- Disable buttons lights
- Download app named multitask shortcut
- Download SwiftKey 3 and Swype
- Use as less possible widgets and live wallpapers to avoid homescreen refresh
- Disable touch vibrations
Any other useful tips for making better the Galaxy S 3 experience are welcome.
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I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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yatbond said:
I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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I thought touchwiz launcher still runs in background even though you install another launcher?
ruffruff said:
I thought touchwiz launcher still runs in background even though you install another launcher?
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you can freeze it
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Install cm9, it's a huge difference! Just tried it yesterday and.. The performance is stunning.. Everything is smoother and faster!
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you can freeze it
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ok thanks. I didnt know that as in the sgs2 days, freezing the twlauncher might lead to softbrick. Will try it later.
Just did everything in the op and phone feels tons faster
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Wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got S1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give S3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (Although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
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Wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got S1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give S3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (Although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
on stock
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I agree with you. I never understood the need fit the latest and greatest only to dumb it down. I don't get cm9 you can run it on many of phones so why spend the money on all the flash. I'm thankful for cm 9 cuz of my HP touch pad is now usable but will never understand the need to make every new phone plain. Just my thought not flaming anyone i like change sometimes
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ruffruff said:
ok thanks. I didnt know that as in the sgs2 days, freezing the twlauncher might lead to softbrick. Will try it later.
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install another launcher , make it active, and then freeze the touchwiz, no issues with me
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install another launcher , make it active, and then freeze the touchwiz, no issues with me
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How do you freeze TouchWiz? In the settings? Force detention? No need to root, right?
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How do you freeze TouchWiz? In the settings? Force detention? No need to root, right?
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u can frreze it through titanium backup and yes, root needed
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thirsty1258 said:
I agree with you. I never understood the need fit the latest and greatest only to dumb it down. I don't get cm9 you can run it on many of phones so why spend the money on all the flash. I'm thankful for cm 9 cuz of my HP touch pad is now usable but will never understand the need to make every new phone plain. Just my thought not flaming anyone i like change sometimes
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Well I don't like samsung software, but i live their hardware so.. Perfect fit for me
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eggman89 said:
wow guys seriously. So you disable everything fancy , what's the use of such a powerful processor. You could've got s1 if you wanted to disable every eyecatchy stuff .
All these animations shouldn't give s3 any kind of hiccups. I use a ton of widget and all animations are turned on (although to a scale of 0.5 ). It's super fast and
on stock
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+++111
agree
yatbond said:
I used to use touchwiz, but can't stand the slow transition, even after making the adjustment under development in settings.
Then i install Nova launcher, turn transition to the fastest. Wow, now my phone has over 300 mb free ram after boot up and is fast. And I mean real fast. For those who need speed. Go with Nova, and you retain most of the touchwiz features, like smart stay.
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I never saw the free ram and i cant see as phine's with my mom , but still 300mb? Are you sure
In my old optimus one I used to get 320 mb free on normal basis
It has just 512 mb ram!
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Sensamic said:
I would like to create a single post where we comment on recommendations to make better and faster and more reliable our phones, ways to decrease the RAM usage, extend battery life, useful tricks, etc.
- Disable all animations
- Disable buttons lights
- Download app named multitask shortcut
- Download SwiftKey 3 and Swype
- Use as less possible widgets and live wallpapers to avoid homescreen refresh
- Disable touch vibrations
Any other useful tips for making better the Galaxy S 3 experience are welcome.
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This method bricked my galaxy s3
Thank me if I've helped you
Please tell me how to revert, you bricked my phone!
Thank me if I've helped you
rishabho1 said:
This method bricked my galaxy s3
Thank me if I've helped you
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Was that reply meant for someone else? Nothing the op suggested would brick your phone.
norpan111 said:
Install cm9, it's a huge difference! Just tried it yesterday and.. The performance is stunning.. Everything is smoother and faster!
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Yeah I'll be doing that once the fm radio works.
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Can anyone do that? Like a little review.
I would like to see the notifications and the lancher.
I was hoping for the same thing a few hours ago but couldn't find anything. Basically just wanna see how the notification expansions work and how fluid the os is in tablet mode. Probably comparable performance but I just wanted to make sure xD
I would also love to see this
so no one is able to do this? I came searching again and was disappointed
I would love a video of that too. Please can someone make one?
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Go to androidcentral.com or droid-life.com. They both have video reviews of it.
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loonie01 said:
Go to androidcentral.com or droid-life.com. They both have video reviews of it.
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But neither of them have video reviews of it running stock tablet UI with the DPI change mod. They both have it running the 213 dpi, hybrid UI instead.
Aww seriously guys it can't be this hard to get something like this done. :s I'd gladly do it but I don't have the device.
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I think all the I/O attendees died...time to wait
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I think you are going to confuse people.
The Nexus 7 does run in Tablet UI mode - only the home screen is hybrid.
What you want is a video of the tablet running with the DPI mod.
rmm200 said:
I think you are going to confuse people.
The Nexus 7 does run in Tablet UI mode - only the home screen is hybrid.
What you want is a video of the tablet running with the DPI mod.
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If you want to get technical then yes it is running in tablet mode, with a Hybrid Launcher BUT I still believe it's hybrid UI since even while in apps, you still get the hybrid/phone-like softkeys and notification bar.
Yes I would like a video of a nexus 7 running the DPI mod and showing a brief overview of menus, opening apps and notifications.
Sorry for any misunderstandings
bump.. again.. guess I'll have to wait til I get it myself
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0QzrTt0b4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sorry it's so fuzzy sometimes. All i had was my gnex.
thanks so much! It looks just as I expected! It's so smooth! I can't wait!
Does the recent apps button work in tablet UI? Screenshot if possible. Thanks.
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wes_s said:
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0QzrTt0b4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sorry it's so fuzzy sometimes. All i had was my gnex.
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Thanks for going to the trouble of filming & uploading that. It's appreciated & it looks great.
bcvictory said:
Does the recent apps button work in tablet UI? Screenshot if possible. Thanks.
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Yep it works too.
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wes_s said:
Here you go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak0QzrTt0b4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sorry it's so fuzzy sometimes. All i had was my gnex.
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Oh man, I can't wait to get my Nexus and do this mod!!! SOOO EXCITED!!! WANT IT SO BADLY!!!!
Does anybody know of an app which allows me to overclock, underclock, disable cores, etc on my Nexus 7? Preferably free,
Also, a little off topic, but what is your favorite browser? Chrome is a little slow for me sometimes.
Thanks, loving my Nexus. Yes, I am rooted, by the way.
Stock browser is the best. And system tuner should do all that stuff.
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Colton127 said:
Does anybody know of an app which allows me to overclock, underclock, disable cores, etc on my Nexus 7? Preferably free,
Also, a little off topic, but what is your favorite browser? Chrome is a little slow for me sometimes.
Thanks, loving my Nexus. Yes, I am rooted, by the way.
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I use Trinity Kernel Toolbox to do all of the things you mentioned. But it's not free. It costs $3.69 in the Play store. However , it works with whatever kernel you are using, not just Trinity kernel. I like it a lot.
My favorite browser is Dolphin, it seems pretty fast, but Chrome seems fast to me too, so YMMV. The best part of Dolphin for me is the full screen browsing.
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Stock browser is the best. And system tuner should do all that stuff.
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My ROM doesn't have stock android browser. How do I get it?
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Hi just went to bestbuy to test the overall performance on this tablet. Sad to say that when i tested the exynos variant, I did encounter lag when I was scrolling the home screen. What I mean is that it doesn't feel smooth. Also pulling out flipboard caused lag. Trying to run a couple of applications like s note. It's not major lag that will take away the whole experience. Just lag that you'll notice from time to time even if it's minor. What's your opinion on this and how do you feel about the exynos? Is it still going to be worth it sacrificing a bit of performance for cheaper price and getting it earlier. Should I wait for the snapdragon variant since it might be faster. But it's also going to be more expensive and I won't be needing LTE. I had really high hopes of this tablet too.
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I wonder if it lags even with a third party launcher like Nova Prime or Next?
I hear touch wiz bloat is very heavy indeed.
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Too many variables. How much other stuff was running in the background? Did you do all this testing after a fresh reboot? Who knows what the people before you were doing to it. And every Samsung experience running full blast does take it's toll, all those widgets updating all programs running etc. I'm just saying it's not all doom and gloom... Just tweak it.
Itchiee said:
Too many variables. How much other stuff was running in the background? Did you do all this testing after a fresh reboot? Who knows what the people before you were doing to it. And every Samsung experience running full blast does take it's toll, all those widgets updating all programs running etc. I'm just saying it's not all doom and gloom... Just tweak it.
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With Nova Launcher, it flies.
icebergisonfire said:
With Nova Launcher, it flies.
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Even in the my magazine app? I hate the stock tw launcher, I wonder how much resources it takes up
I think early technical analysis showed that the exnyos governor was not exactly optimized. I'm sure this thing will fly with the proper rom. I rommed my note 2 and last year's 10.1 when I felt lag was hindering the experience and both were super fluid after modification. Samsung uses good parts. Tw just tends to be bloated.
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I went to BestBuy and put ios7 on it with ilauncher it was so smooth. Alsoi seem very minor lag on this device. I played why it for 30minutes and it was flying. I saw lag at first but then realized over 20 apps were in the background. Closed them all, cleared ram and it was buttery smooth. The Tech at best buy were going crazy over this thing saying it is the best tablet they have seen thus far.
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OmarCarter said:
I went to BestBuy and put ios7 on it with ilauncher it was so smooth. Alsoi seem very minor lag on this device. I played why it for 30minutes and it was flying. I saw lag at first but then realized over 20 apps were in the background. Closed them all, cleared ram and it was buttery smooth. The Tech at best buy were going crazy over this thing saying it is the best tablet they have seen thus far.
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As well they should. I've always wanted a tablet but I would go into Best Buy and play around with them and just walk away saying 'nope' The specs were getting closer to what I wanted but with this, Samsung hit a home run. Pricey but you get what you pay for. :good:
icebergisonfire said:
As well they should. I've always wanted a tablet but I would go into Best Buy and play around with them and just walk away saying 'nope' The specs were getting closer to what I wanted but with this, Samsung hit a home run. Pricey but you get what you pay for. :good:
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Totally agree on that. All android tablet has come so close. When I saw the 1st gen of the note 10.1 I thought it was the one for me. But with the screen resolution, it was a big let down for me. This year this is the one. Only thing that's stopping me now is the performance.
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I may not be as tech savvy as many of you, but I just got this tablet and the performance is amazing. I have 12 active apps running and I don't notice any lag navigating the menus. I've been working in dropsync and synced a whole bunch of files while messing around with it and still noticed no lag whatsoever. I did notice that it gets a bit warm on the back though.
OmarCarter said:
The Tech at best buy were going crazy over this thing saying it is the best tablet they have seen thus far.
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They probably would say that with any new device. I was at bestbuy the other day helping my sister buy a tablet and a couple of employees saw my Nvidia Shield (I was carrying it in its case) and were amazed by the device
Lol no that wasn't it, he wasn't trying to sell me anything. He was trying to find it how much I'm selling my old one for his friend.
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Sad to say I'm running into lag and random reboots. So far it has been happening while scrolling through play store. It will freeze then reboot.
I need me some root.
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Han Solo 1 said:
Sad to say I'm running into lag and random reboots. So far it has been happening while scrolling through play store. It will freeze then reboot.
I need me some root.
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Have you took the update yet? Mine doesn't have those issues
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I noticed some lag in windows transistions. So what I've done is turn on developer options and changed transition animation scale from 1x to off. Feels much faster. For example, instead of xda kind of sputtering to life when initiated, it just pops up immediately.
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richB7 said:
I noticed some lag in windows transistions. So what I've done is turn on developer options and changed transition animation scale from 1x to off. Feels much faster. For example, instead of xda kind of sputtering to life when initiated, it just pops up immediately.
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Did you make this modification on the new Note 2014....? I ask because I can not find that setting, even after doing a search....?
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Rickgsx said:
Did you make this modification on the new Note 2014....? I ask because I can not find that setting, even after doing a search....?
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got to settings->general->about device tap "build number" 7 times to unlock dev settings.
Thank you... I forgot that I had to do that for the dev setting
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Yeah as mad said
You have to enable developer
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smac7 said:
Have you took the update yet? Mine doesn't have those issues
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Yes, I did take the update. I'm going to do a factory reset and see if that works.
1. Disable animations
Sure, you might miss some of the fancy animations and stuff, but it really does help out in the end to make lag go away
2. Install nova launcher
This is important! Nova launcher is quite excellent on this device from my experience. Absolutely zero lag, 60fps buttery smoothness! Plus customization
So Nova helps a lot?
100% helps
It may or may not help, but before I make Nova my default launcher, I remove all the widgets from the stock launcher.
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Just freeze your default launcher with titanium. That way nova is the only launcher.
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No Lag
I have no lag at all, it's fast and beautiful
Personally I haven't really experienced a need to speed up the device. Some of the apps are kind of slow, but I've ditched s notes and lecture notes seems to be just fine.
Edit:
Actually I have noticed that copying a stuff to your clipboard as being slower than it was on the 2012 model.
alex94kumar said:
100% helps
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alex94kumar said:
1. Disable animations
Sure, you might miss some of the fancy animations and stuff, but it really does help out in the end to make lag go away
2. Install nova launcher
This is important! Nova launcher is quite excellent on this device from my experience. Absolutely zero lag, 60fps buttery smoothness! Plus customization
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Alex... I have one question, one comment and one request...
Question: Are you suggesting that we disable ALL animations...? or a specific one...? I recall doing this on my Note 2 and it made a difference
Comment: I see that you took some time to configure you signature, so I thought that I would let you know that you need to correct the word (Device) in your signature file
Request: Please hit the "Thank you" button for my above comment... LOL...!!
Enjoy the new toy...!!
N_otori0us_ said:
Just freeze your default launcher with titanium. That way nova is the only launcher.
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We don't have root yet
Rickgsx said:
Alex... I have one question, one comment and one request...
Question: Are you suggesting that we disable ALL animations...? or a specific one...? I recall doing this on my Note 2 and it made a difference
Comment: I see that you took some time to configure you signature, so I thought that I would let you know that you need to correct the word (Device) in your signature file
Request: Please hit the "Thank you" button for my above comment... LOL...!!
Enjoy the new toy...!!
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Yeah I just got rid of all of them, sped things up so much
And I'll be sure to fix my signature lol
Don't forget to disable the water effect at the unlock screen. I remember that taking up a bit of ram in itself.
Also you can turn off programs that you won't use (if allowed) in settings/general/application manager/all
So far I have:
Business week+
NY Times
Trip Advisor
Twitter
Yahoo Finance
These were running apps that i'll never use.
SlimJ87D said:
Don't forget to disable the water effect at the unlock screen. I remember that taking up a bit of ram in itself.
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I've had mine for about 8 hours and am not noticing much lag at all. I never set up the My Magazine app...I wonder if that has anything to do with it
lag? What lag?
not sure what people are expecting but I have no lag whatsoever this thing flies I hesitated because I love my original note 10.1 so much and use it daily but have no regrets 5 hours in?
In Addition Bench Marks Are Off The Charts
Sorry to rant on this but what's the point if spending $550 on a high end tablet if we have to do little tweaks like this. It's Samsung's job to make sure the processor can handle the experience of this wonderful tablet
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I think the first run may lag, but after recharge it for second run. This awesome device run like a beast
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There's just a lot of things installed, much like any laptop you purchased. Why do the companies have all this stuff? Money.
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N_otori0us_ said:
Just freeze your default launcher with titanium. That way nova is the only launcher.
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Is root already available on the note 10.1 2014? Because if my memory serves me you need root for that.
Maybe. Try going into settings apps and fins the launcher
Then press disable, Im not sure about it though
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