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At first I will say that at first I wanted to do a quick reply, but as the ideas came to my mind i started thinking about full topic xD
The topic was created to give devs ideas for some smaller tweaks/upgrades/features. I made this topic after I saw that the topic where dev asked what do you want for new rom, peoples only idea was "MIUI". I was little bit disappointed by that.
As I have many ideas I will sort them in groups.
General use tweaks and functions:
- A player in lock screen (only visible when playing music)
- Changing songs by long press volume button (Old SE function implemented in very old phones ages ago)
- Auto air plane mode on selected by user hours (I mean turning off gsm/3g at night)
- Turning the led for buttons in pre-defined light conditions. (For example: in direct sunlight the buttons are very visible and i don't think that anyone has got problem in finding them. They are wasting battery at that time and no one can even see them. But at night it might be helpful for some users)
- Motion-blured launcher (and if it is possible - other apps also)
- Any wifi signal tweak is great also
- I use default x10 launcher because I love the music widget and timescape. Rest is only a bonus. I really don't like that we don't have feature that our x8 friends has got by default - up/down gesture that enables app drawer and goes back.
- Equalizer in default music app
- Faster wifi connecting (huh I know that we have a really bad wifi controller but any tweak here would be great)
- Using some other keyboard than default one
- Already updated versions of programs on roms (like latests maps instead of older ones - I know that you want to make your roms ultra light weight but it would save some time for users, and we really don't look so much if the file size of our room is 3 or 4 mb bigger)(of course you should make rom as lightweight as possible )
- Panorama app by default would be ok
- AdBlock (these is also a battery tweak - reduces the number of connections)
- By default power save widget doesn't work, why is it still implemented?
- Making more free ram by disabling setup wizard service (does anyone need it??)
- XDA app should be in ROM by default (with option to remove it of course)
- Increased call volume
- Some audio quality enchantments using headphones
Picture/camera/video related things:
- Improving bitrate/fps of videos and improving pics (but that isn't anything genius I think)
- 16mln colors (but that is also obvious)
- Control of exposure time and ISO [would be soo really great that i would start thinking about donation]
- Something that would look good and be same useful as androids gallery, but would provide normal zoom (I mean full resolution zoom)
- Making photo app start faster
- Auto flash in poor light
- A flash instead of non stop shining (it is also great battery tweak)
- Making RAW (Dreams xD)
- Option to adjust and/or turn off default denoise/sharpen algorithm (sometimes I hate the edges wrrr)
Battery saving:
- As I wrote - turning network at night
- Improving bravia engine to do more - in tv's the back-light is adjusted to the picture it is viewing. If the image that is on our phone is pure black the phone would reduce backlight to minimum. If half of the screen would be gray and the other half also the backlight would be also reduced to minimum but the gray pixels would be shown in the hardware as pure white. For us we would have more battery juice, better blacks and there wouldn't be anything missing from image. It there would be elements that would need 100% white the screen backlight would be also set to 100%. I don't know how hard it is to implement, it could need bootloader unlock but it would be a milestone for our x10, not a simple tweak
- Calibration notification - once 2 months or some pre-defined amount of charging cycles
- Some app that would automatically adjust voltages. It would check every freq with some voltage. If it didn't have restarted it continues making the voltage lower if not it would use higher V
- Enabling lower freq than 128mhz (but not like doomlord's that the voltage was 1000mv and you couldn't change that [Of course it is very good that he proved that it is possible])
- A flash instead of non stop shining (it is also great camera tweak)
- If 3g is enabled in settings, the phone would turn it off if the screen is also off (we don't need 3g when we don't use the phone so lets use edge to save battery and still be able to answer the phone)
- Make media server as individual zip. It uses power (I always have in battery usage that it "ate" about 2% to 5% of battery. Not everybody use it so it might be helpful)
- Adblock - Reduces number of connections (these is also general tweak)
Appearance:
- Making puzzle lock default lock screen
- Making gray battery circle default
- Making colorful/green icons
- Transparent bar of launcher
- Wallpapers specially for our x10 (in few weeks I'll start doing some)
- Replacing the clock on lock screen
- weather on lock screen
Note that Appearance is my own opinion and some people might not like it
I'm not posting some obvious things like bootloader/better multitouch. Every dev knows the basic things to do.
Ok, I think thats enough for now. If you have ANY ideas for our x10 please comment below so I can add them to our list
I know that some of ideas are already implemented in some roms. But they are extremely rare.
If some devs would like to talk about some ideas, they can do that here also.
Too much. Why not DIY? Devs don't have 4 hands and 2 heads.
Infinity Ytinifni S. Sent from Xperia X10i-modded.
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Too much. Why not DIY? Devs don't have 4 hands and 2 heads.
Infinity Ytinifni S. Sent from Xperia X10i-modded.
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Yeah, I know that, they don't have to do all of these, they will have ability to choose what is easiest for them.
Whats that i hear you say?
XDA has a search function?
an you found what thread?
THIS one?
Wow thats awesome
flashing gingerbread to galaxy tab p1000 is a nice idea. It opens many app compatiblity to the tab. But its full of issues compared to froyo. I'll share my issues.
first the goodies
Those who still having odin flashing doubts quote here i can give you a beginners guide.
I am going through every aspects. Some are previously discussed but some are not mentioned in any other threads or forums i think. Please share yours too if any.
I flashed gingerbread european version xxjq1.
The best thing i noticed was booting time. of tab went down to less than half on froyo. Very fast booting. Also booting sound changed to a nice music though its not a big deal.
Lock screen is the same as froyo as i expected something like galaxy s2.
But you can set different wallpapers for your home screen and lock screen which was not in froyo.
Home screen is looking same but its samsung home 2.3.3 version. Icons on the home screen dock is changed. Browser icon changed to green. Except that nothing looks changed on home screen from froyo.
Now comes surprise. The notification bar became extremely smooth compared to froyo. Flawless. But not as smooth as galaxy s2 or better devices like that.
Over theme color changed so the notification bar icons color also changed to a more dark green. Best other thing about notification bar is, if you have an ongoing call minimized the bar
looks crystal green lighted. Its awesome to see which is missing on froyo.
Another thing which i think very handy is music player got integrated into notification bar.
When music player is running you can play/pause, previous/next, fast forward/backward straight from notification bar. Big improvement.
now technical
Task manager got updated. There is one more tab named downloaded.
Your newly installed programs are listed here. So dont have to go to settings applications.
Ram manager changed. There is no stage 1 stage 2 option. Only one button clear memory. I think it is good.
Stock browser's change should be admitted. Its like wow. I assure you no other browser you installed comes even close to its user interface. I am writing this now in it. It bacame buttery smooth to navigate. Not a small lag when scrolling on a big content rich page and switching to new tabs. There was no lag to scroll even when youtube was playing in desktop mode with flash. Even my desktop firefox lags a little to scroll when playing hq youtube but our tab aced.
Also there is a memo button and phone button integrated into browser menu bar which is very handy. Overall browser is awesome.
I forgot to mention before there is no new stock wallpapers.
Now about music player the onboard virtual 5.1 improvement is incredible.its like wow compared to froyo. Plug in your headphone and you will notice.
In settings the battery info has greatly improved. There is a graphic demo of battery use.
And ofcourse battery consumption DECREASED much much much. I have to say that beacause i had a problem with the battery. When its about 40%-45% it suddenly dropped to 3% and shuts down in 3-5 min. But now its completely gone. Plus i assure you that you will be amazed with the battery capacity of our great tab.
When using camera the preview has been improved much. Its like flowing when scrolling through pictures. Plus quality of recorded video increased much.
now the media storage system improved much. As i mentioned tab became fast, media scanning also became much fast. Sdcard thing changed to usb storage on gingerbread. Plus there is a progress bar in notification for media scanning. Thats good beacuse we couldn't see progress before.
Call setings is having more options than before video calls voice mail etc on the first page itself.
The stock video player codec improved much. Before i had a brrip mp4 movie showing unsupported format. But now it works smooth. Plus video player became smooth overall on playing.
Anyone with more goodies please add. I'll add more when knowing. I wrote all this for those who want to know changes before trying gingerbread on their tab.
By issues, I assumed you meant problems/bugs/incompatbilities. Are you saying there are no disadvantages to doing it? I've a forgotten XEU tab. I keep hoping Samsung might officially offer GB but the longer it goes the less likely it seems.
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By issues, I assumed you meant problems/bugs/incompatbilities. Are you saying there are no disadvantages to doing it? I've a forgotten XEU tab. I keep hoping Samsung might officially offer GB but the longer it goes the less likely it seems.
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Ofcourse there are disadvantages. I was little busy two days so i cant finish. By issues i definitely mean bugs and problems.
Yeah, now comes the problems
Starting from the beginning, the power on is having little problem. On froyo you have to press power button for like 1 or 1.5 sec and release. Tab will power on after one more second. But now I have to press it until it power on. I don't know if its bug or not but for me its annoying.
after booting here comes bigger problem. The four button leds on bottom never turns off until screen goes off completely. Even if there is 1% charge the leds are on. And ofcourse it doesn't turn off when playing videos. Its really annoying like if you are watching a full length movie in a dark room you have to keep starting at these led and its really annoying.
but I have found a solution. There's a widget named buttonbacklight in market. it requires root access. But very useful. And if you turns off screen and on it again led lights again. You have to turn it off again. but that's not hard as starring at those leds all the time. Plus you can cut the led brightness to half with this widget. Great for dark environments. Thanks to the widget maker.
I forgot to mention, the light sensor now works perfectly. on froyo it takes some time to adjust the brightness on changing lighting condi tions as it has nothing to deal with hardware. but now its fine.
Now comes a big problem. The camera is having real problems on autofocusing. you can't use the camera to take shots close by two or three inches on a dark room by autofocusing and flash. You will get only a bright white picture. this was not in froyo. It was perfect. so you can't use the tabs camera to capture text in a dark room. I tried it on black surface also but no use. Its not for completely dark but with limited light also. Set the flash to auto and if flash is needed to take picture then closeups are not possible. I think this is not mentioned anywhere before. And the flash turns off after focusing. Not good on dark rooms as you can't see any
preview.
Sorry I forgot to mention before, there is a big improvement also for the camera. There's TOUCH FOCUS added now.
On froyo there was four options on USB settings. but 'ask on connection' is absent now.
Its very hard if you connect your phone for different purposes frequently as you have to go to settings and change it.
Now comes another problem for media. On froyo music or video pause when you disconnect headphone or what that is connected to 3.5 mm jack. This is good and is present in gingerbread also. But it pauses when you plugs headphone or whatever into the jack. This is annoying but not too hard to deal with.
The gallery app has not improvedand became worse than before. Its very slow and lags to load files. I expected rotation animation on switching landscape portrait modes.
although the Codec improved on video player, its user interface became hard to user.
You can't set brightness for video if your phone's brightness is set to auto. so if you're watching a movie and you want to increase or decrease brightness you'll have to exit video and change brightness. Not on user defined brightness. But very annoying when brightness is auto.
And the screen rotation animation when you switch between two landscape modes is gone. It was a little eye candy.
Another problem is also very annoying. On froyo there was different two different icons for downloaded and downloading tasks as there was a little animation for downloading ones so that you know something is downloading. But now there's no animation for downloading and both exactly same icon. There's only animation for something that is installing. So if you wanna know if something is downloading or the download is complete, you have to pull notification bar down. very annoying if you left something downloading and came to see if its complete as you have to unlock phone and pull down the bar.
Get back soon.little busy.
ram
ram usage is much high than gingerbread. I've got upto 120mb ram usage in froyo. But gingerbread usually use 190 to 200 mb all time. U have to use task manager apps to clear some apps and bring usage to 150mb. But memory management depends on apps independent offree ram. If u run an hd game with a download in some heavy browser, ur download 'll cancel because the game force close browser for resource.
Hey guys,
Now that most of you guys have probably flashed-up Lollipop on your Moto G (2nd Gen)s, I have taken the liberty to put together a guide to increase your Battery Life and Performance of your Devices.
As of now, this guide is NON-ROOT based. (Rooting is still unstable, Bootloops : Yuck!). And, I'm a big fan of the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) concept so thats how this is gonna go:
BASICS:
1. Use the Toggles!
Now that Lollipop has provided even easier access to a wide variety of Toggles, its only fair that we use them. So toggle off whenever you're not using WiFi, Bluetooth, Location etc..
Swipe Down with 2 fingers and see for yourself!
2. Mobile Data
Again.. Use the toggle in the Notification Centre to toggle on and toggle off when not in use.
Use 2G instead of 3G if you're only IM-ing (WhatsApp,Hike,Hangouts etc..). To switch the Cellular Data type, Tap and hold the Data toggle in NC to open the Cellular Network page, on the top right corner, tap the 3 dots and select Mobile Networks. Here use the Preferred Network Type to switch between 3G and 2G.
3. Battery Saver
Believe it or not, Battery Saver is not just a name-sake feature anymore like in KitKat, It actually works this time in Lollipop. Keep the Auto-Enable for Battery Saver ON at 15%.
You can access the Battery Saver by using the 2 finger swipe down from top, tap and hold the Battery Percent in the NC to open the Battery Settings page. Now tap the 3 dots and select Battery Saver.
When going on a trip or drive, turn on the Battery Saver while Driving (Unless you're expecting some notifications) and disable them when you reach your destination. Its so easy to disable as it displays a persistant notification in the NC and the Lockscreen when it is active. Just swipe down on the Notification and tap on Turn Off Battery Saver to disable it.
4. Use WiFi whenever possible
Wifi uses less battery power than 3G.
A power consumption chart in Decreasing order of Battery Consumption is:
3G>2G>Wifi
So choose wisely.
5. Auto-Brightness - DO NOT USE!!
Screen brightness is always one of the biggest battery drains on your device. And although auto brightness sounds like a saviour, IT IS NOT! It uses more processing power to keep track of the ambient lighting to auto adjust the brightness which defeats the overall purpose.
6. Disabling Apps
Apps can run in the background without you even knowing, hogging up memory and battery. Disabling the ones you dont need can help big time.
Go to Settings> Apps and slide all the way to the left to the All category, select the unwanted app and hit Disable. You can re-enable these apps anytime also. My suggestions would be to disable the Moto apps - Assist, Migrate, and Help, and also any of the Google apps you dont use such as Magazines, Newsstand, Movies, etc.
PRO-TIP: If you're willing to endure the 10 minute boot after rooting for once, then root your device using the latest SuperSU, Install any Root App Uninstaller and Uninstall the Un-Neccesary apps. You can then do a Full UnRoot from the SuperSU app and reboot. Voila.. Back to Normal and no more unnecessary app (I dont like to call Moto Apps as BloatWare cause these apps actually provide some usable functionality!)
7. Customizing with Efficiency in Mind
Use launchers like Google Launcher, Nova, Apex and GEL. These launchers are light weight and do not use much processing power.
Heavier launchers such as Go Launcher, Themer, Next Launcher 3D use a lot more RAM and can slow down your phone + drain battery.
8. Google Now
Nothing much to say here... If you dont use it, TURN IT OFF!!
9. Google Sync
Check your sync settings to make sure you're not syncing stuff you dont need. Go to settings>Accounts and tap Google, then tap your account name. Uncheck any of the services you dont use, for example Books, or Photos, or Google+. Do the same for anything else in you Accounts section.
10. Location
Again, turn On when in use and turn Off when not in Use. Use the toggle in NC!! Go to Settings>Location>Mode and make sure its on Battery Saving if you're insistent on keeping it ON.
Turn off Location Reporting in Facebook AND Facebook Messenger. In fact if you don't absolutely need it, delete the Facebook Messenger app altogether. The Facebook app will still give you your message notifications just fine without it.
11. RAM cleaner/ Booster Apps
These DO NOT WORK! They clean the RAM and drink it up again. And if they have those floating buttons, they are Worse!!
So thats most of it.. I'll keep updating this post with ROOT-based tips once a Stable Root is available for Lollipop.
Shoot back with comments and suggestions (and Criticism as well!)
Cheers
Krishna Sagar
Use Greenify to force stop unwanted apps.
ksuuk said:
Use Greenify to force stop unwanted apps.
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Eventhough Greenify works without root....
I was going to add that but then held back as the true potential of greenify could be better achieved with root. I'll surely add this when I update this guide with Root based methods.
Bro are you using titan rom(5.0.2) or are you on 5.0.1
Also the reason I'm on kitkat is xposed
and lastly can you change the dpi manually(I'm loving 240) and reduce the minimum brightness to 1 instead of 10(I read manga before I go to sleep)
Edit: happy new year bro
m666p said:
Bro are you using titan rom(5.0.2) or are you on 5.0.1
Also the reason I'm on kitkat is xposed
and lastly can you change the dpi manually(I'm loving 240) and reduce the minimum brightness to 1 instead of 10(I read manga before I go to sleep)
Edit: happy new year bro
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I checked out the Titan Prime 1.2 but now am on 5.0.1. I'm waiting for a more stable and feature rich version of the Titan Prime.
Motorolla says 3g consumes less power you say 3g consumes more power, who is right?
By the way thank you, this point was also in my mind regarding auto brightness I was already against the point of auto brightness, because I really don't like high brightness so I've set it on a constant percentage.
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Motorolla says 3g consumes less power you say 3g consumes more power, who is right?
By the way thank you, this point was also in my mind regarding auto brightness I was already against the point of auto brightness, because I really don't like high brightness so I've set it on a constant percentage.
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Like he said 3g>2g>wifi do your test charge your phone to 100% and use 3g see how much screen on time you get to 98% then do it with wifi :thumbup:
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Just my 2 cents : Google Now Launcher drains a lot of battery irrespective of the fact Google Now is installed/disabled
Hi all,
I need help and advice. I absolutely love the S7 Edge. Had it since the first day it came out. Had the Golden color for a while and then sold it to get the black one. What I realized on both devices is that battery life isn't all that great. Now having said that, before I pass judgement it might be because the apps I use might be at fault. I've monitored the usage in the settings and always saw that 'Android operating system' and 'Android system' were usually on the top of the battery Consumers apart from the odd time that the screen was. They were usually anywhere between 15 to 25%. Recently I also started seeing 'Google play services' on this list with consumption near the 10% and semetimes even higher.
I suppose the apps I use aren't all that different from what the norm is. I tried to see what was keeping Google play services occupied so much. I track my fitness with Google fit as step counter. I deleted that thinking it would help. I now use the s-health built-In step counter. Syncing it with Lifesum. Could this be using so much battery?
According to GSam I get around 4h20m screen on time.
Or am I maybe expecting too much from this battery?
The mate 8 outlasts it by a far margin.
I just think I'm doing something wrong every time I hear a reviewer say that their battery is great.
Many thanks all
I get about 6 hours screen on time at full brightness and 25 hours standby.
Disable Always on Display if you have it.
Check to see if you have Google play services auto updating? also try clearing its cache.
regnighc said:
I get about 6 hours screen on time at full brightness and 25 hours standby.
Disable Always on Display if you have it.
Check to see if you have Google play services auto updating? also try clearing its cache.
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Hi Hi,
I cleared the Cache of the Google Play services. I honestly do not know how to stop the auto updates. Always on Display is off. Edge screen is Off. Bluetooth is on the sync with my watch.
This is the second phone that does this so its obviously something I am doing wrong....
Hey,
I have the S7 Edge on the t-mobile service. The first few weeks of using the phone my battery was total ****... like in my pocket on the drive to work I'd lose 10% battery life.
This is what I did to greatly improve it, you probably already know some of this stuff. Try it like this and you can slowly turn on the features that you miss or want.
Go to Settings>Battery>More>Optimize Battery Usage - Check all your apps to minimize background activity
Go to Settings>Battery - Turn on Power saving On
Settings>Edge Screen - Turn off Edge Panels, Edge Feeds, Edge Lighting (Only if you don't use these)
Settings>Advanced Features - Turn off Pop-up view gesture, Smart Capture, Palm Swipe, Direct Call, Smart Alert and Easy Mute
Settings>Display -Turn off Smart stay, Always on Display, Night clock, Keep screen turned off. Then set the Screen mode to Basic
Now go to the app store and install Nova Launcher and Package Disabler pro. Setting Nova launcher to my default helped out with battery life by itself, plus you can customize more home screen options with it. In Package Disabler hit the 3 dots at the top right then press Disable all bloatware. You can also look on the forums here for a list of packages that are safe to disable, there are also some system things you can turn off.
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Hey,
I have the S7 Edge on the t-mobile service. The first few weeks of using the phone my battery was total ****... like in my pocket on the drive to work I'd lose 10% battery life.
This is what I did to greatly improve it, you probably already know some of this stuff. Try it like this and you can slowly turn on the features that you miss or want.
Go to Settings>Battery>More>Optimize Battery Usage - Check all your apps to minimize background activity
Go to Settings>Battery - Turn on Power saving On
Settings>Edge Screen - Turn off Edge Panels, Edge Feeds, Edge Lighting (Only if you don't use these)
Settings>Advanced Features - Turn off Pop-up view gesture, Smart Capture, Palm Swipe, Direct Call, Smart Alert and Easy Mute
Settings>Display -Turn off Smart stay, Always on Display, Night clock, Keep screen turned off. Then set the Screen mode to Basic
Now go to the app store and install Nova Launcher and Package Disabler pro. Setting Nova launcher to my default helped out with battery life by itself, plus you can customize more home screen options with it. In Package Disabler hit the 3 dots at the top right then press Disable all bloatware. You can also look on the forums here for a list of packages that are safe to disable, there are also some system things you can turn off.
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Thank you so much for taking the time and helping me. As of now I'm getting 5h flat screen on time and battery remaining is 3 %. I'll try these steps and see if I can improve it. Perhaps im hoping for impossible numbers when it comes to screen on time?
Thanks
No problem, glad to help. It was really frustrating when it happened to me so I know how you feel. The screen on time really does depend on what you're doing though. I can sit there browsing the web or facebook app all day, but If I am playing a lot of games it's like half the length.
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Hey,
I have the S7 Edge on the t-mobile service. The first few weeks of using the phone my battery was total ****... like in my pocket on the drive to work I'd lose 10% battery life.
This is what I did to greatly improve it, you probably already know some of this stuff. Try it like this and you can slowly turn on the features that you miss or want.
Go to Settings>Battery>More>Optimize Battery Usage - Check all your apps to minimize background activity
Go to Settings>Battery - Turn on Power saving On
Settings>Edge Screen - Turn off Edge Panels, Edge Feeds, Edge Lighting (Only if you don't use these)
Settings>Advanced Features - Turn off Pop-up view gesture, Smart Capture, Palm Swipe, Direct Call, Smart Alert and Easy Mute
Settings>Display -Turn off Smart stay, Always on Display, Night clock, Keep screen turned off. Then set the Screen mode to Basic
Now go to the app store and install Nova Launcher and Package Disabler pro. Setting Nova launcher to my default helped out with battery life by itself, plus you can customize more home screen options with it. In Package Disabler hit the 3 dots at the top right then press Disable all bloatware. You can also look on the forums here for a list of packages that are safe to disable, there are also some system things you can turn off.
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I highly recommend not picking to disable all bloat. That will disable stuff you really do need like Samsung Pay etc.
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slayerh4x said:
No problem, glad to help. It was really frustrating when it happened to me so I know how you feel. The screen on time really does depend on what you're doing though. I can sit there browsing the web or facebook app all day, but If I am playing a lot of games it's like half the length.
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Plug your phone in when playing games or get a USB portable charger. Games sip battery like nothing else.
slayerh4x said:
Hey,
I have the S7 Edge on the t-mobile service. The first few weeks of using the phone my battery was total ****... like in my pocket on the drive to work I'd lose 10% battery life.
This is what I did to greatly improve it, you probably already know some of this stuff. Try it like this and you can slowly turn on the features that you miss or want.
Go to Settings>Battery>More>Optimize Battery Usage - Check all your apps to minimize background activity
Go to Settings>Battery - Turn on Power saving On
Settings>Edge Screen - Turn off Edge Panels, Edge Feeds, Edge Lighting (Only if you don't use these)
Settings>Advanced Features - Turn off Pop-up view gesture, Smart Capture, Palm Swipe, Direct Call, Smart Alert and Easy Mute
Settings>Display -Turn off Smart stay, Always on Display, Night clock, Keep screen turned off. Then set the Screen mode to Basic
Now go to the app store and install Nova Launcher and Package Disabler pro. Setting Nova launcher to my default helped out with battery life by itself, plus you can customize more home screen options with it. In Package Disabler hit the 3 dots at the top right then press Disable all bloatware. You can also look on the forums here for a list of packages that are safe to disable, there are also some system things you can turn off.
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You are going way too far. Power saver mode is going to reduce performance - totally unnecessary. Disabling edge features... up to you. A gimmick anyway. Advanced features should really have no effect - most only matter when the screen is on anyway. AOD, somewhat of an impact. Screen mode to basic has zero effect. That only changes the color profile...
Would not disable all bloat. Go through the thread specific to this and find out what you should leave enabled.
Great info here. Just did the cache clear for all apps and system. Currently still having usual drain but will report back in a day or two.
Hi all,
So the question then becomes..... What kind of battery life would I expect to see? Still using the phone primarily for media consumption and to track fitness. Medium use sees me through the day. But running around 17% at 7 pm. Built in battery manager tells me I have 20 hours on battery. This good or average?
Thanks all.
Hi,
UPDATE-
Thanks to SirNamero who has the maximum screen on time on this thread period. SirNamero Has provided us with two solutions to increase SOT (screen on time) on the S8.
1) Using BK package disabler to disable some apps and services. The xml of his package disabler has been included in the thread.
2) Using greenify only to enter aggressive doze mode as soon as the screen is off instead of waiting for hours. (That may delay some notifications of some apps)
3) Using dark theme. (can be found on theme store for free).
4) Using an amoled wallpaper could be found on apps such as zedge.
Here is a screenshot of the battery life resulted by the above
https://up.3raq4all.com/uploads/nov17/1510157757111.jpg
Here lets compare how many hours each person is getting on his/her S8 screen on time. Please share screenshot of your SOT under 15% and your settings including-
Please only take part if you are on stock firmware.
1)
1) Screen time out time
2) Screen Resolution
3) Black or white theme?
4) Wallpaper type e..g. colourful or black.
5) Facebook installed or not.
Thanks I have included mine
1) Screen time out 5 mins
2) FHD
3) White theme
4) Amoled Wallpaper
5) No Facebook app
6) Instagram and snapchat are used often
7) Secure folder used often.
thanks
1. 1 minute
2. WQHD+
3. Black and gold theme
4. Black and dark grey
5. Facebook is installed
I should note that I'm on the Oreo beta. I use auto brightness. AOD, nfc, and edge lighting are disabled. Used BK package disabler to disable a lot of bloat and everything Bixby related.
1) Heavy usage (unplugged from charger when it was 95%)
2) QHD+
3) Black theme
4) pixel 2 live wallpaper
5) Messenger and Facebook apps are used all the time (the most used apps so far)
6) Instagram, snapchat, skype, WhatsApp, viber...
7) few minutes on a game
8) wi-fi only
9)fingerprint and iris are used
SirNamero said:
1. 1 minute
2. WQHD+
3. Black and gold theme
4. Black and dark grey
5. Facebook is installed
I should note that I'm on the Oreo beta. I use auto brightness. AOD, nfc, and edge lighting are disabled. Used BK package disabler to disable a lot of bloat and everything Bixby related.
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Hi, you seem to have a great SOT compared to the time you had the phone on. If you had it for 18 hours it would be still around 5 and half hours. could you please share with us the xml of the apps you disabled using BK package disabler so everyone benefit from your solution.
Thanks
Sure, here you go. I also disabled all of the services for these packages as well.
Edit: forgot to mention I also use Greenify solely for the aggressive doze feature (enters doze mode as soon as screen goes to sleep instead of waiting an hour or more)
I think worth mentioning is what kind of rom are people using: stock or custom, and kernel.
SirNamero said:
Sure, here you go. I also disabled all of the services for these packages as well.
Edit: forgot to mention I also use Greenify solely for the aggressive doze feature (enters doze mode as soon as screen goes to sleep instead of waiting an hour or more)
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Thanks for including your disabled apps XML and mentioning about greenify I will put that in the main post for people to use
I just got my S8 recently and was messing around with the settings and trying to see how I could get better battery life as well. This was my best result so far. I probably could have easily hit 6 hours SOT since I had 11% left at that time.
1) Screen time out 1 min
2) FHD
3) DarkEmerald theme
4) Amoled Wallpaper
5) No Facebook app
6) No Instagram No snapchat
7) Secure folder not used.
8) Data Saver On
9) Power Saving Mode set to Mid
10) I had disabled various packages as well, using the adb debloat method.
Screen on time is so relative. Depends what you do and where you do it. Right now I'm at 6h SoT with 25% battery left. This after using my phone for 2 hours outdoor during a cloudy day. If I play Need for Speed no limits for 1 hour as I normally do my SoT will drop to 5ish hours in total. If I add to that a sunny day I'd be happy with 3.5h SoT.
I have personally used package disabler pro on a couple of Samung devices including the s8 and while it is great for disabling bloatware. I have NEVER noticed an increase in battery life / screen on time!
iPhone6plus to SamsungS8
I'm loving the new phone. But maybe it's just because it's a new toy. I miss some of the jailbreak tweaks and I'm yet to read on about rooting.
I agree SOT is dependent on use case basis. Anyway, here's my settings:
1.) 5 min
2) FHD+
3) Black theme
4) black homescreen wall and black and white lockscreen wall
5) Facebook disabled, messenger installed but haven't signed in yet
6.) Auto brightness ON
7.) AOD off
8.) mobile data off, always on Wifi, BT manually set when BT headset is being used and activity tracker is being synced
9.) manually disabled some app mobile background usae and settings
10.) added most apps to "Always sleeping apps" setting
11.) 6 email accounts all on Auto Sync schedule
12.) Location on (high accuracy)
13.) Bixby off, Gnow off
14.) No social media apps, unless you consider reddit and flickr as one
15.) Screen is set as AMOLED photo (no other reason than just trying this out when I sent photos from my mirrorless to the S8)
Dumb question, where are you finding the graph for battery usage. I can't find it. On VZW if that makes a difference.
Nvm, found it. Didn't see the button at first
Or you could try rooting. I get 6.5h sot on a daily basis. With white theme, WQHD, mobile data always on & terrible reception
Oh and only charge to 80% ?
Honestly it's such a stupid comparison. So many different factors. If I turn everything off and use lowest brightness obviously I'm going to get more sot.
Everything except bluetooth on and phone on high performance mode. Mobile data and Wi-Fi switching from time to time and I'm getting around 7 hours on stock SD S8+.
P.S. it's 7 months old.
A couple of screenshots from two different times.
The phone is the S8 international dual SIM version but only one sim was enabled at that time.
The phone is running stock.
1.) 1 min + smart stay enabled
2) FHD+
3) Black theme
4) black
5) not using any package disabler.
6.) Auto brightness ON
7.) AOD off
8.) mobile data always on, always on Wifi, BT always on, BT tethering to allow car access to internet is always on.
9.) Full power mode.
10.) 2 email accounts all on Auto Sync schedule
11.) Location on (high accuracy)
12.) Bixby on, G assist on.
13.) Both FPS and Iris Scanner enabled.
Note: I live in a very strong signal area. When on holiday in weak signal areas battery performance is abysmal.
Stock on nova
1) Screen time out time: 2 min
2) Screen Resolution: wqhd
3) Black or white theme? White
4) Wallpaper type: very colorful
5) Facebook installed, snapchat, instagram and messenger. Used very often.
apham69 said:
Stock on nova
1) Screen time out time: 2 min
2) Screen Resolution: wqhd
3) Black or white theme? White
4) Wallpaper type: very colorful
5) Facebook installed, snapchat, instagram and messenger. Used very often.
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dude not possible at all.. i m damn sure u have charged multiple times for phone.. not till 100%.
sp1312 said:
dude not possible at all.. i m damn sure u have charged multiple times for phone.. not till 100%.
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No I didnt.