Hello!
Something I've noticed while using my old Nexus S while im waiting for Nexus 5
Go in Developer settings > Background process limit (all the way down)
set it to "At most 2 processes".
It will speed up your phone more than you can think without affecting performance.
Report your findings.
Btw I am using THIS Android 4.4 ROM with stock kernel on Dalvik.
Have fun!
EDIT: You must re-set this everytime phone reboots
miHah said:
Hello!
Something I've noticed while using my old Nexus S while im waiting for Nexus 5
Go in Developer settings > Background process limit (all the way down)
set it to "At most 2 processes".
It will speed up your phone more than you can think without affecting performance.
Report your findings.
Btw I am using THIS Android 4.4 ROM with stock kernel on Dalvik.
Have fun!
EDIT: You must re-set this everytime phone reboots
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It re-loads cache whenever i open up an app i previously opened. Like in messaging app, all contact icons won't get preloaded.
doesn't seems to have any impact at all on my Nexus S.
Yeah I am waiting for my Nexus 5 also!
This setting can only help you if you use memory-intensive apps, with the cost that most apps will start slower than before and also the background processes started by the apps can be killed more easily which is not always a desirable thing. Reducing the number of concurrent processes from the default can lead to unwanted consequences. These preferences aren't in the developer options by mistake, I would not fiddle with them if I don't have a valid reason. And "try this stuff, maybe it sppeds up your phone, maybe not" is definitely not one.
Eh, as i use my nexus s as an mp3 player it definitely helps run a lot smoother
sum_guy188 said:
Eh, as i use my nexus s as an mp3 player it definitely helps run a lot smoother
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Try to put the phone in airplane mode, if you don't use cellular network or WiFi at all.
debaj said:
Try to put the phone in airplane mode, if you don't use cellular network or WiFi at all.
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WiFi can be used even on airplane mode.
ej8989 said:
WiFi can be used even on airplane mode.
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Yes you can, but it will cost you some CPU processing. I find my device more responsive in airplane mode where it does not need to handle the connections. If somebody does not use these functions it's worth a try before fiddling with some random setting from the bottom of the Development menu.
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debaj said:
Yes you can, but it will cost you some CPU processing. I find my device more responsive in airplane mode where it does not need to handle the connections. If somebody does not use these functions it's worth a try before fiddling with some random setting from the bottom of the Development menu.
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I've just tried this on my "old" Nexus S (my sister is using it now) and it doesn't seem to do anything different or faster...thanks anyway!
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I've got a lag on my hd which is doing my head in , I've read auto memory is good to solve problem but don't know what setting to choose don't wanna make my hd worse. Does anyone use it and if so what's the best setting to get rid of the damn lag ..
I've already set usb debugging as shown to sort init problem its worked but I'm still experiencing lag .. the hd is suppose to be faster than desire which is my old phone but I don't think it is
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Anyone ? Someone must use it
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Anyone ? Someone must use it
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Hello, glad you did the /init fix but your the first person to say you still have lag..I use auto memory and i noticed an improvement straight away...i set it to aggressive and then slid the bottom three....
Hidden Application
Content Provider
Empty Application
back down to half way so they are on 70mb
The top three are set as follows..
Foreground - 6mb
Visible Application - 12mb
Secondary Server - 16mb
Now press apply .... You need to be rooted for this (which Im sure you know) but thought I'd say for anyone else looking at this thread.
Now I cant say these are 100% the best settings but for me the phone is flying with 0 lag and these settings seem about right... I found set on the aggressive setting some apps were closing way to early..
Let me know if this helps...
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Hello, glad you did the /init fix but your the first person to say you still have lag..I use auto memory and i noticed an improvement straight away...i set it to aggressive and then slid the bottom three....
Hidden Application
Content Provider
Empty Application
back down to half way so they are on 70mb
The top three are set as follows..
Foreground - 6mb
Visible Application - 12mb
Secondary Server - 16mb
Now press apply .... You need to be rooted for this (which Im sure you know) but thought I'd say for anyone else looking at this thread.
Now I cant say these are 100% the best settings but for me the phone is flying with 0 lag and these settings seem about right... I found set on the aggressive setting some apps were closing way to early..
Let me know if this helps...
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By the way, can you tell me what app you use to change the above setting?? It's not that I have the lag issue, but if there is anything I could try to tweak for better speed, I am definitely interested.
kuailan said:
By the way, can you tell me what app you use to change the above setting?? It's not that I have the lag issue, but if there is anything I could try to tweak for better speed, I am definitely interested.
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Its the auto memory manager by mad squrriel ...free on the android market.
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I have tried all of the best memory managers on market, sure it feels a littlebit faster when you start to use it, but after a while it doesnt feel good any more.
I dont know if it gets better after this "lagfix" with the usb debug, but it's still appkillers, and with froyo 2.2 i have learned that the system works best without any of those appkillers on market or so called memory enhancement programs. Just my experience.
Battery seems to be getting hammered since installing it and using 'aggressive', not certain if it's this though.
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Battery seems to be getting hammered since installing it and using 'aggressive', not certain if it's this though.
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Aggresive is overkill...My battery has been fine.
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Hear reports that the new its update giveaway the 100% CPU usage problem back even with debugging on. Is this true?
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Have a look at post 165 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=17
Seems to do the trick for me! (so far anyways!)
had the same 100% cpu after OTA problem,tried almost everything im aware of (ending some tasks,reboots,unistalling apps) but nothing helped me,ended up with factory reseting twice and i got it solved for now.
been monitoring using system pannel and now its more stable.
No such issue for me with the update once everything completed syncing.
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Got this same problem now after update... constant 100% cpu usage, from watchtower it looks like its app called settings storage thats eating cpu time....
yeah for me it's com.android.providers.setings which is killing my battery.
100% in 4 hours!
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yeah for me it's com.android.providers.setings which is killing my battery.
100% in 4 hours!
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Guess i'm lucky, killed my battery in 6 and half hours
I just went into stock application manager, force stopped everything i wasnt interested in (sense, friendstream, facebook, stocks, etc). My cpu useage dropped from 100% to more typical 3 to 20% and has been fine since.
As i stopped so many applications i dont know which was the culprit.
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Sorry for basic question but how do you get CPU use %?
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I just went into stock application manager, force stopped everything i wasnt interested in (sense, friendstream, facebook, stocks, etc). My cpu useage dropped from 100% to more typical 3 to 20% and has been fine since.
As i stopped so many applications i dont know which was the culprit.
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worked for me too, closed htc sense dashboard and another sense app trought the stock app manager...
ImmediateModeService
I have killed the "ImmediateModeService" and now the CPU time is normal.
Which app is this? Someone has a solution for this error? Because always when i restart my DHD the same error comes back.
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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Do you think i must activate USB-Debugging? I have just activated, but theres always the same error.
gmdata said:
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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didnt make any difference on my phone, both usb debugging on and off the cpu usage stayed at 100%...
Clearing HTC sense data worked for me
utor99 said:
Clearing HTC sense data worked for me
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Me too! just went to settings - accounts and sync - htc sense - remove account.
CPU was back down to under 20%. Added htc sense again and still got nice low CPU usage.... sense still doesnt work to make the phone ring or find its location but happy that the phone works properly again.
Glad I got that sorted, thanks for the tip!!
It worked for me too. Thanks a lot gays.
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You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8966211&postcount=1
for me there is no more problem with this setting. I think that by killing applications the problem will be repeat again
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I can confirm the 100% cpu problem has not returned for me. I suspect that the update did not take into account the current sync status variables. If your phone was in a certain sync state when the ota applied it got stuck in a loop. Force stopping clears all temporary variables so returns the phone to the environment in which htc tested the update. So...the problem should not teturn if u force stop the right app. Similarly a hard reset should do the trick.
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If there are people who are still having CPU/Battery issues then you might want to take a look --> HERE
skullnubien has posted a small guide on how he solved it.
xozzx said:
Me too! just went to settings - accounts and sync - htc sense - remove account.
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Hello guys. I've been playing around with Jelly bean official, deleting some apps, adding other apps, and together with members on this page we were able to find some bugs and some workarounds. Well, i have some suggestions so that you guys can improve on speed (at least seemed to have worked for me ).
1) Download from Play Store app: Android Tuner (link for freeversion, has less options), Titanium backup, Gemini app
2) At Android Tuner, Go to Main Menu then again on the option One-Click (with the blue android) and it'll appear 2 options. One wich says One-click reset (it'll put all the buttons blue with on), and the other ont wich says "on boot" . Click on both, Leave the last one unchecked (it is not necessary to constantly do this, you can do it manualy later.
3) On same page, at the top wich says "build" click on it. Below you'll find a option wich says Presets, click and then Apply all presets. (later search for debug.sf.nobootanimation (click on the red cross, to remove it in orther to keep )
4)SysCtl, click at Recommended, the app will calculate for your phone automaticaly then click on boot so that it'll boot always with same configuration. (we can test this later, other configurations suggested by the users)
5) on the tab, scroll to your left untill you find the option SD, select cache size :2048 then click "on boot)
6) Slide again to the option OOM, and basicacly is setting same configuration as we use on Maximum Overdrive to max usage of RAM :
Select light preset
Then click on boot.
7) Using this app or titanium backup freeze or remove:
Samsung Push notification app
Email.apk
ExchangeServer.apk
8) Using Germini app ,click Menu then expert mode search for the following apps: Maps.apk, talk.apk, select each of them, select configure autorun, then press menu, and Disable app. (The app will still work, but use less the CPU usage, leaving free for other apps).
9) Go back to Android Tuner and On the main menu running click on One-Click (with a toolbox) -> Manage and it'll appear 5 options , click 1 by 1 on each.
10) reeboot
Optional: 11) Remove all live wall papers or convert to user apps, and free till 130 MB memory, using titanium backup, press menu then integrate dalvikcache.
12)Convert database to WAL(faster database).
13)On Android Tuner run again Defrag registry
Now you should have a much smoother experience.
I've tested this with Wanamlite wich is free of bloatware.
I hope this helps to get a better experience.
Note: In touchwiz launcher, when you create a folder at the menu, and you insert there your apps, if after a reeboot for some reason the apps are not there it is because you have your apps instaled on your SD card, go to app manager, select the app and move to Internel SD Card, and it is solved.
Is the app Including a boot controller ?
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Btw share your experience. If you get better configuration also thanks
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Gillion said:
Is the app Including a boot controller ?
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Suppose you are speaking of android Tuner. Yes. You have a button for that as I describe on this small guide .
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Have you noticed any downsides of running all these steps (certain apps loading slower, lag in certain areas, etc), or any change in battery life?
Porkchops said:
Have you noticed any downsides of running all these steps (certain apps loading slower, lag in certain areas, etc), or any change in battery life?
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For now no. I've made this guide more and less three days after testing. Never has issues. Seems to be working great and fast battery life, With wifi off and power save on. Had an estimated of 7 hours screen watching a movie. When I can test ill share the results. But if someone could test this would be great. Once I had 2 hours and 30 min of display use and still was 78%.
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For now no. I've made this guide more and less three days after testing. Never has issues. Seems to be working great and fast battery life, With wifi off and power save on. Had an estimated of 7 hours screen watching a movie. When I can test ill share the results. But if someone could test this would be great. Once I had 2 hours and 30 min of display use and still was 78%.
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Sounds like the stuff dreams are made of... Once I get around to picking a new JB ROM to use (still trying to find one I like enough to keep for more than a few days) I'll be sure to try this out and report back with my results! Thanks for this!
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Sounds like the stuff dreams are made of... Once I get around to picking a new JB ROM to use (still trying to find one I like enough to keep for more than a few days) I'll be sure to try this out and report back with my results! Thanks for this!
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Thanks. It'll be important.
Today I have 3 hours of screen on with 2h and 40 min with 3g on with screen on same time.
3g on with screen off 3 hours and 20 min.
Total 6 hours with 3g on.
1 hour of phone
130 sms sent
Played 10 min a 3d game.
15min played YouTube vidro
5 min video from avi file.
6 pictures taken
One film made with 3 min
Recorded a classe for 60 min
And still 34% of battery.
Power save was on all the time.
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What I like most about this configuration is that I can scroll really nice.
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It won't work on unroot device right?
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It won't work on unroot device right?
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does these settings with android tuner fix the sluggish scrolling in messages list?
thats the only thing that needs to be fixed.
i dont know what you mean with that you can scroll really nice now?
its nothing new hehe
you CAN scroll smooth 95% of the time except for messages in stock JB.
whats the problem?
fix scrolling problems in messages and this JB leak is complete for smoooooth scrolling.
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does these settings with android tuner fix the sluggish scrolling in messages list?
thats the only thing that needs to be fixed.
i dont know what you mean with that you can scroll really nice now?
its nothing new hehe
you CAN scroll smooth 95% of the time except for messages in stock JB.
whats the problem?
fix scrolling problems in messages and this JB leak is complete for smoooooth scrolling.
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you are problably right. i dunno if is placebo, but i ment that the device is better with nice scroll (=
to anyone wich needs the build prop with some of configurations only available on Paid version of android tunner ( you can skip line 3 by using this one) :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9xmnb5gejz8lgz/build.prop
tried on Omega v16.2
made lag appear
guess it's more for fully stock than a chef special
I used System Tuner Pro and it had all the options that were posted here..but i did experience lag with the oom settings so i tweaked them but this app has an option to disable startup items also so you would not need to download Germini app that you were talkng abut
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I used System Tuner Pro and it had all the options that were posted here..but i did experience lag with the oom settings so i tweaked them but this app has an option to disable startup items also so you would not need to download Germini app that you were talkng abut
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I'll check that one thanks for your suggestion.
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hey, where can i find the option to convert databased to WAL format?
from a quick search i did i understand its a titanium feature, but couldn't find it anywhere on the app..
amititzhaki said:
hey, where can i find the option to convert databased to WAL format?
from a quick search i did i understand its a titanium feature, but couldn't find it anywhere on the app..
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In titanium backup
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In titanium backup
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i understand it's a titanium feature, i just couldn't find it in any of the menus/settings..
Hi
I was wondering if theres an app to prevent people from changing my settings and options within the phone. My friends are constantly touching my phones and kept changing everything up. For example, the playstore, how can i prevent them from downloading or removing any apps (even free ones).
Also how can i prevent them from changing all my apps settings? even the Settings app itself. I hate having to change it back to my preference every time they touch it.
How can i create an owner and a guest account so that the guest cannot change anything in my phone, only view it.
I think this can be the Device Administrator option?
Thanks, much appreciated!
Hi
Try applock from the market.
I think theres several different versions of applock applications for you to try.
You can passwordprotect your app's from execution with them
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Have you tried not letting them use your phone? Or dont let them get to your phone. Keep your phone with you at all times. That's the best prevention.
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Have you tried not letting them use your phone? Or dont let them get to your phone. Keep your phone with you at all times. That's the best prevention.
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Seriously..
Is this thread for real?
"Hey I let my friends use my phone for extended periods of time and they always change my stuff and uninstall apps but I want to keep letting them use my phone anyway how can I lock them out of it"
um...
joshtrader said:
Hi
I was wondering if theres an app to prevent people from changing my settings and options within the phone. My friends are constantly touching my phones and kept changing everything up. For example, the playstore, how can i prevent them from downloading or removing any apps (even free ones).
Also how can i prevent them from changing all my apps settings? even the Settings app itself. I hate having to change it back to my preference every time they touch it.
How can i create an owner and a guest account so that the guest cannot change anything in my phone, only view it.
I think this can be the Device Administrator option?
Thanks, much appreciated!
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You can also use a custom launcher such as Nova, hide the Dock, set only 1 homescreen and have just the clock on it, and then enable Extended Desktop mode without enabling PIE. See how long your friends will want to play with your phone after that
amartolos said:
You can also use a custom launcher such as Nova, hide the Dock, set only 1 homescreen and have just the clock on it, and then enable Extended Desktop mode without enabling PIE. See how long your friends will want to play with your phone after that
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I second this idea. I once gave my phone to one of my friends to play around. I was running ParanoidAndroid and had Extended Desktop turned on. He didn't know what to do on it and lost interest immediately and gave me back my phone. LOL
This is very simple to do and I've found it helpful in conserving my battery life.
1. Open up Settings>General>About Phone
2. Scroll down to "Build Number" and keep tapping it until it says that Developer options has been enabled.
3. Hit the return button and now navigate to Settings>General>Developer options
4. Turn Developer options on
5. Scroll to the bottom and check "Do not keep activities"
6. Tap on "Limit background processes" and select "No background processes"
Thats it!
Note: Some apps like Netflix wont work if "Do not keep activities" is checked.
I've done this on plenty of phones and its helped with the battery life on all of them.
Let me know if helps with your battery life (and dont forget to hit that thanks button )
tyiphius said:
This is very simple to do and I've found it helpful in conserving my battery life.
1. Open up Settings>General>About Phone
2. Scroll down to "Build Number" and keep tapping it until it says that Developer options has been enabled.
3. Hit the return button and now navigate to Settings>General>Developer options
4. Turn Developer options on
5. Scroll to the bottom and check "Do not keep activities"
6. Tap on "Limit background processes" and select "No background processes"
Thats it!
Note: Some apps like Netflix wont work if "Do not keep activities" is checked.
I've done this on plenty of phones and its helped with the battery life on all of them.
Let me know if helps with your battery life (and dont forget to hit that thanks button )
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I wonder if i change limit background process to no background process does the app will turn off if I open the other app? And will app need notification like email or whatapp no longer working? Thanks
It's odd that developer mode/options were already enabled on mine and yours weren't.
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It's odd that developer mode/options were already enabled on mine and yours weren't.
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Att model didn't have it, that was the first thing I did after getting the phone.
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This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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I agree, if you rarely use the phone, it might be a good option. For most of us here, allowing apps to stay cached will help performance and constant re-loads, especially considering that there is plenty of RAM.
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This could end up draining more battery. Normally things are held in ram so they start up faster, if you have to copy something to ram every time you run it opposed to it already being there, you are going using more cpu power which means using more battery.
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Agreed. I went ahead and did this just for grins, and everything was slower because nothing stayed up in the background. I'll take the hit in battery life (if there is one) for better performance.
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if youre an average user DO NOT DO THIS
if youre getting an android for your grandmother, then do this
I guess I'm not an average user....
I just use the phone for a few social networks, internet browsing, checking bank info and for tweaks/mods. Hell, I still dont know how to use half the features of this phone (I know I'll never use them lol)
Thank You to everyone who replied!
Thanks OP for trying to help. but from my experience. this will make more problems then good. plus all the redraws it would cause from things constantly being killed. would be annoying and cause lag as well. but if it works good for u then cool
daddioj said:
Thanks OP for trying to help. but this will make more problems then good. plus all the redraws it would cause from things constantly being killed. would be annoying and cause lag as well. but if it works good for u then cool
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Agreed! Looks like its doing more "harm" than good for most people. I thought I was an "average" user, but I guess I'm not normal
I thought that doing that will ultimately result in draining more battery because of stuff being stored in the RAM
EDIT: After reading post ahead of me (using an app to view this so it only showed the OP and not the comments) I see that I was right lol
I guess I'm another heretic as I also find killing the background processes most of the time saves battery life. The key is whether it is an app you use infrequently and whether the background process engages in polling - especially useless phone home kind of stuff you don't want it to do anyway. In either case I've found it's better to just kill the app's background processes.
Try an experiment: check your battery level before bed and in the morning 7 - 8 hours later with all your background processes running as you normally do, to get your percentage loss. Then do the same the next night after Force Stopping all active app processes that are shown by a 3rd party Task Manager (the native one doesn't show you them). Compare.
This is useful to know because this is what your phone leaks in full sleep mode (if in fact your background processes actually let your phone sleep!) I get 0 to 2% per night loss depending on how strong and steady my LTE signal is, though of course a lot of other factors and settings come in to play. YMMV. Btw, I haven't tried the OP's method but I will. Thanks!
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Unfortunately the "Do not keep activities" option doesn't allow the back button to function within an app - as soon as you touch it, it kills the whole app, so it doesn't do what I had hoped, (ie I agree with the consensus that it is useless).
However if anyone knows how to trigger a "Force Stop" (nuke) of the active app so that its background processes are killed as well with one button push, I would be grateful to hear it.
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Anything pulled from storage takes more drain on battery compared to pulling from ram. Just remember that.
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