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Reduce battery fast drain by disabling some stock processes.

This practice doesn't cause any problems on my GNote with stock ICS ROM 4.0.3.
However, it helps saving more juice or not? still curious but I think it's perceptible!
I went to Setting > Applications > All > tab and DISABLE the following processes;
Accuweather Weather Daemon
AccuWeather.com
Android live wallpapers * use only still wallpaper
AP mobile news
Application monitor
Aurora 2
Blue sea
Calculator * already installed RealCalc
Days
DioPen Chinese IME * have nothing to do with Chinese typing
Dual clock
Face Unlock * don't have enough handsome face for this
Google Search
Kobo
Let's try panning
Mini diary
MusicFX
My files * use zipper7
News & Weather
Photo wall
PressReader
Reader Hub
S Planner Widget
Samsung TTS * use stock Google TTS
Social Hub
Social Hub * there are 2 social hubs
Swype * use only Samsung keyboard
Talk
TalkBack
TwWallpaperChooser
Voice talk
Yahoo! Finance
Zinio
Then reboot once.
You can set things back to ENABLE anytime.
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Just curious, how do you re-enable them?

deserthi said:
Just curious, how do you re-enable them?
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Just do the same procedure as you disable them. The same right button will let you ENABLE (or so called re-ENABLE) once you have disabled.
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All disabled processes are shown at the bottom part of the application list with "Disabled" indicated on the right.
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I agree that this is the best way to save battery drain. If you don't use Google+, disable it.
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msnxda said:
I agree that this is the best way to save battery drain. If you don't use Google+, disable it.
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If you have updated Google+, you need to uninstall the update first, and then you can DISABLE it.
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Nice information...

Odd... I don't seem to have this disable re-enable stuff. Unless I'm blind. Screenshot? Thanks

This only works on ICS, if you don't have ICS you need an app that does it for you need to be rooted though....

Curious. If you dont use it, and dont want it, why not just uninstall it, rather than disable it?

dannstarr said:
Curious. If you dont use it, and dont want it, why not just uninstall it, rather than disable it?
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Without root and rom manager you can't uninstall rom apps.....
These apps are built in the rom so the only way is to disable them.

Is it safe to disabe mapservicesamsung? Someone said that process is a huge battery drainer.... Its always running in the background.

Vaddy23 said:
Is it safe to disabe mapservicesamsung? Someone said that process is a huge battery drainer.... Its always running in the background.
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I'd like to know this also....

If you download Root Uninstaller from the market you can FREEZE apps instead of disabling them. Disabled apps still appear...frozen ones don't.

Vaddy23 said:
Is it safe to disabe mapservicesamsung? Someone said that process is a huge battery drainer.... Its always running in the background.
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Well, I don't know if it saves battery out not but it is absolutely safe to disable.
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DRUMMERCD360 said:
If you download Root Uninstaller from the market you can FREEZE apps instead of disabling them. Disabled apps still appear...frozen ones don't.
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But dont you need to have your Note rooted first before using this "root" uninstaller?
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As I heard some third party appskiller app are unsafe to use. Because if you killed the wrong thing, your smartphone will get even more in battery drain. So i wonder if this disable thing is the same? Like disable things which shouldnt disable will cause more battery in draining.
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MapServiceSamsung consumes a lot of battery for me. FROZEN!

wingod513 said:
But dont you need to have your Note rooted first before using this "root" uninstaller?
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Yeah you do need to have it rooted...
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becosemsaida said:
This only works on ICS, if you don't have ICS you need an app that does it for you need to be rooted though....
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Oh right. Thanks.

Better battery life????

Anybody have tips on how to save some battery on this device? Here are my battery stats. Any suggestions welcomed pleasseeee.
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I wasn't very impressed with the Note 3's battery life at first, then I went into Settings>Application Manager and disabled a whole bunch of bloatware. Also went into each app and turned off any background update and location service if we don't need it. You can do this without root. Just take a look on this board and you'll see someone has compiled a list of apps that you can disable.
The phone now runs cooler, and yesterday, we had 14h usage and 6.5 hours display on time (auto brightness). Very impressive in my book.

oilfighter said:
I wasn't very impressed with the Note 3's battery life at first, then I went into Settings>Application Manager and disabled a whole bunch of bloatware. Also went into each app and turned off any background update and location service if we don't need it. You can do this without root. Just take a look on this board and you'll see someone has compiled a list of apps that you can disable.
The phone now runs cooler, and yesterday, we had 14h usage and 6.5 hours display on time (auto brightness). Very impressive in my book.
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Thanks, I've already debloated it like crazy. Still getting those battery stats. I am rooted
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Turn off all the Samsung features when you're not using them like Smart Stay and Air Gesture. The sensors are always on in certain apps when you have them enabled. Turning them on and off is easily accessible via the notification toggles. But it will only slightly help, your phone should be performing better than that even with those features running. Try a factory reset if it is safe to do with the root method.
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TheodorK11 said:
Turn off all the Samsung features when you're not using them like Smart Stay and Air Gesture. The sensors are always on in certain apps when you have them enabled. Turning them on and off is easily accessible via the notification toggles. But it will only slightly help, your phone should be performing better than that even with those features running. Try a factory reset if it is safe to do with the root method.
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Thanks, i have all features turned off... might try a data reset, also noticing some FCs....

XzxBATTxzX said:
Thanks, I've already debloated it like crazy. Still getting those battery stats. I am rooted
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Have you guys checked out Greenify? (recommend)

greenify
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Have you guys checked out Greenify? (recommend)
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yup. was recommended that app on the s4, great app

Download the app Wakelock Detector from the Play Store.
Open it for the first time right after you unplug your phone
After some deep sleep occurs for awhile, open Wakelock Detector and select the icon in the top right to select "Wakeup Triggers"
This will show you which app waked the device when it was trying to sleep(=screen off) and how many times it waked it. Figuring out Google wakelocks will probably help you the most unless you have some poorly written or rogue app
A good start would be to remove ALL google apps that you don't use, and turn off google ads as well as notifications and scheduled checks within say...Play Store and Youtube and Gmail

MeetFace said:
Have you guys checked out Greenify? (recommend)
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Could you share with me what u hibernate.
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thunderbread said:
Could you share with me what u hibernate.
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I essentially hibernate everything except system apps and widgets, just to be safe. You would also not hibernate apps that you want background notifications from. I also use the donate version, which allows me take advantage of GCM. Which, for apps that use GCM, allows me to hibernate those apps and still receive notifications.
Hope that helps =]

My favorite app is the Snapdragon BatteryGuru. I love it! That will monitor usage and show you which programs are battery hogs and will learn your behaviors with your phone. Only works with the Snapdragon Processor phones as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app&hl=en

sebastianraven said:
My favorite app is the Snapdragon BatteryGuru. I love it! That will monitor usage and show you which programs are battery hogs and will learn your behaviors with your phone. Only works with the Snapdragon Processor phones as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app&hl=en
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Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the VZW Note 3 snapdragon?
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thunderbread said:
Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the VZW Note 3 snapdragon?
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No worries, yes it is a snapdragon 800
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thunderbread said:
Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the VZW Note 3 snapdragon?
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=does+the+us+verizon+note+3+have+a+snapdragon+processor
Third result...wouldn't even have to click through. Just saying =D

MeetFace said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=does+the+us+verizon+note+3+have+a+snapdragon+processor
Third result...wouldn't even have to click through. Just saying =D
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Thanks and I did Google it couldn't find a solid answer. Thanks again.
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Now that I have root access, what can I do to make this phone faster?

As we all know on paper this phone is a beast but in real life not so much. Now that I had this phone for a week I can definitely say that my Galaxy S3 running AOKP 4.3 ROM was faster than this phone (no joke).
I mean the only thing that really bothers me a lot with this phone (and I don’t know if its touchwiz related) is lock screen lag. Sometimes when I’m locking or unlocking the phone it takes a good second or two to “wake up” or “go to sleep”
Do any of you guys notice the same problem? If so is the any way to fix this now that we have root access?
I’m also looking for any other tips and tricks to make this phone a little faster
Thanks in advance

Nova or Apex Launcher, and ditch the window animations.
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Download seeder
https://db.tt/DMDk99vb
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sublimaze said:
Nova or Apex Launcher, and ditch the window animations.
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I forgot to mention, I’m already using Nova launcher and I already disabled all the apps from this tread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2478589
My window animation is set to 0.5 but I guess I will try no animation and see if that helps

rayraycarter4 said:
Download seeder
https://db.tt/DMDk99vb
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Thanks I will give it a shot

rayraycarter4 said:
Download seeder
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I have never used Seeder but I read that it constantly runs in the background(?)
The last thing I want is another background process eating battery
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sublimaze said:
I have never used Seeder but I read that it constantly runs in the background(?)
The last thing I want is another background process eating battery
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My battery last all day and more with it running not a huge application anyways and certainly does not eat up battery

lisek99 said:
I forgot to mention, I’m already using Nova launcher and I already disabled all the apps from this tread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2478589
My window animation is set to 0.5 but I guess I will try no animation and see if that helps
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Zero animations will help a little but it won't work miracles. You are used to an aosp-style rom, and Touchwiz simply is not that. Once we get Safestrap, devs will get debloated TW roms for this beast. Until then, you just have to deal with TW lag & bloat
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And Seeder is not running in the background
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Screenlag problem
Try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl
Doesn't use much battery.
Use widget for quick on-off and set to partial.
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griffis said:
Try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl
Doesn't use much battery.
Use widget for quick on-off and set to partial.
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Wow you took 7 whole steps. lol
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rayraycarter4 said:
Download seeder
https://db.tt/DMDk99vb
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Posting links to pirate apks that are available in the play store is very uncool.

hsomnus said:
Wow you took 7 whole steps. lol
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I'm a pathetic old man... lucky to take steps at all!
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lisek99 said:
I mean the only thing that really bothers me a lot with this phone (and I don’t know if its touchwiz related) is lock screen lag. Sometimes when I’m locking or unlocking the phone it takes a good second or two to “wake up” or “go to sleep”
Do any of you guys notice the same problem? If so is the any way to fix this now that we have root access?
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Try to freeze/remove the "S Voice" application that maps itself to ---> double tap Home key.
By removing it, it removes the double tap mapping which greatly helped with home button wake lag on my Note 2
Next most common thing to help you is to use an app such as Android Tuner to edit the stock kernel CPU clocks. In deep sleep(=screen off), you can raise the mhz of the CPU so it takes less time to wake up. Not sure if you can do this on stock kernel/locked bootloader just yet and this will eat more battery in general if your phone is in deep sleep often

[Q] Touchwiz OR Another Launcher?

Had my Note 4 for a week now & have been using Nova all the time & wondered what are you using Stock Or 3rd party?
So join in let us all know what your using & why & vote too.

I prefer stock
May be because i think it clear and app drawer can easily edited

I went back to stock and enabled ART. My phones is more smooth.

ciscostud said:
I went back to stock and enabled ART. My phones is more smooth.
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You can enable ART and run Nova Launcher and it'll be smoother.

Very limited customization with touchwiz, so I am using Nova Launcher.
The only thing I missed is the S Calendar widget

Nova.
Dont miss anything in TW. Used TW only a day or too. Dont like the look and the controls.
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jpbl1976 said:
You can enable ART and run Nova Launcher and itll be smoother.
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Hi...where do I find ART?

jpbl1976 said:
You can enable ART and run Nova Launcher and it'll be smoother.
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Ya I was using NOVA with ART but it would suddenly kept crashing and redrawing for me. So I went back to TW its super smooth and no hiccups.

What is art?

MSK1 said:
What is art?
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If i am not mistaken, new protocol of android run time
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iznee said:
If i am not mistaken, new protocol of android run time
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Still doesn't mean anything to me. ...

Nova hands down.
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MSK1 said:
Still doesn't mean anything to me. ...
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Something that makes your phonne faster. But many complaints otherwise
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Touchwiz. Waiting for lollipop.

MSK1 said:
Still doesn't mean anything to me. ...
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Android apps are installed in raw format. Dalvik engine has to cook app every time we run it. ART (Android RunTime) on the other hand bakes app permanently, henceforth they run faster.

I use the Google Now launcher. Simple, but since I use Google Now quite a bit, i just prefer it.

speedcharge boost a malware of some sort??

i just plugged in my charger right now and noticed this screen... this cant be built in?? anyone else have this??

looks like you have garbage installed

Yep. Likely some app you installed
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I saw something similar with my old phone, it got to do with speedcharge booster from CM Booster, or CM cleaner something like that.

Vanquiz said:
I saw something similar with my old phone, it got to do with speedcharge booster from CM Booster, or CM cleaner something like that.
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arcanexvi said:
Yep. Likely some app you installed
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bloodrain954 said:
looks like you have garbage installed
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thank you guys... im thinking it was from my GO KEYBOARD ... any recommended apps to get this kinda stuff detected and removed??

lawsofpower48 said:
thank you guys... im thinking it was from my GO KEYBOARD ... any recommended apps to get this kinda stuff detected and removed??
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Don't use any of the apps like GO. They are filled with adware and are subpar apps in the first place.
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TheShoxter said:
Don't use any of the apps like GO. They are filled with adware and are subpar apps in the first place.
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thanks for the tip. i never knew that. i use it for the emojis, any other recommendations with NO adware?

lawsofpower48 said:
thanks for the tip. i never knew that. i use it for the emojis, any other recommendations with NO adware?
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For a messenger app with emoji I recommend Textra. It might have a couple adds, but pro version is very cheap. For a keyboard app, they all have emoji. I recommend stock or SwiftKey.
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Some app was updated with this. I do not have any GO products nor any CM ones. Has anyone figured out what this is? Could it be some Samsung 'improvement' forced on us?

TheShoxter said:
For a messenger app with emoji I recommend Textra. It might have a couple adds, but pro version is very cheap. For a keyboard app, they all have emoji. I recommend stock or SwiftKey.
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I've been a paid Swype user for years now, haven't found another keyboard that suits me as well, to be honest. I tried SwiftKey, etc. and didn't care for them.

Chrooma keyboard. Dope. Nuff said. Fleksy is cool too once you get used to it and the way you input keys..its quite different. but I like swiping for words sometimes and fleksy doesn't support that. Chrooma has been my favorite since I can't flash AOSP keyboard with number row.
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I have solved the problem on my device
Hi
I had the same problem.
If you can have access to a terminal in your device, you can see the running processes with ps command.
I use it to see what processes where running when I saw that screen appear once again, what I could see at the output from the command line was that two of the running process where related to a wallpapers app (KittyPlay wallpapers) and had some estrange references to the following namespaces:
com.jiubang.commerce.service.IntelligentPreloadService
com.jiubang.commerce.chargelock
The first thing that come to my mind was the obvious relation of "chargelock" with the kind of screen lock that was appearing on my device and the fact that a few days ago I have installed f-droid and this application offered to update the KittyPlay application, so I updated thinking that there was no problem with the updated app. After the update I started to see the speedcharge lock screen.
The only way for me to know what was causing the problem was to use the command line and trying to identify the processes involved.
I uninstalled the mentioned application (KittyPlay) and the speedcharge lock screen stopped from appearing.
Hope this can be helpful to solve the problem for you.

I've had the same problem for awhile now. Turns out it was GO Weather. I'd used it for years without any real problems but this is it. I just uninstalled, rebooted and the speedcharge lockscreen is gone.

It is also in GO power master but all I did was go to settings and unclick Boost Charge. There is also an option to unclick launch GO power master when charging.

I found it in zcamera.

ES file Explorer has been bundled with the speed charger addware as well.

lawsofpower48 said:
i just plugged in my charger right now and noticed this screen... this cant be built in?? anyone else have this??
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You have CM Locker installed because I used to. Now you can turn that option off or just uninstall CM Locker.
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I have the exact same thing on my LG Stylo. Could it be a coincidence that I have KingRoot installed on that phone?

droid_noobie said:
I have the exact same thing on my LG Stylo. Could it be a coincidence that I have KingRoot installed on that phone?
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King root installs "cleaner" software on your device. Just find it in settings/applications and uninstall it. Just don't uninstall super user or King user
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cuezaireekaa said:
King root installs "cleaner" software on your device. Just find it in settings/applications and uninstall it. Just don't uninstall super user or King user
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By cleaner are you referring to "Purify"?