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ZTE Blade Optimisation Guide

I have had the ZTE Blade for about a month now and I have noticed that sometimes it can become a bit slow and laggy but with the use of some free apps from the market I was able to help speed up the Blade's performance without much effort.
Advanced Task Killer
Launch the app > Press "menu" button > Go to settings > Change "Auto Kill Level" to "Safe" also change "Auto Kill Frequency to "When screen off"
AutoStart Killer
Disable all apps you don't need to start up when the phone boots
Launcher Pro
Make sure Launcher Pro is the default launcher. I recommend that you only have 3 homescreens with minimal use of widgets. i have found that keeping the default settings improves performance.
Zeam
I found that LauncherPro and Zeam are similar in performance but they are both great launcher replacements.
Titanium Backup
Only needed if you are using a stock rom or one with a lot of apps you don't use or want. Remove any Orange or ZTE apps you don't use to free up space on the phone's internal memory.

Cheers for the info
ive been using TB to remove apps or old apps works well and seems to speed things up
ive also been using cache cleaner and rebooting (which i hope helps keep things running a little better)
Cheers
Ricey

Isnt Advanced Task Killer supposed to be evil?

russellc1 said:
Advanced Task Killer
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You don't ever need a autokiller. Use auto-starts, and don't install crap apps!

russellc1 said:
Launcher Pro
Make sure Launcher Pro is the default launcher. I recommend that you only have 3 homescreens with minimal use of widgets. i have found that keeping the default settings improves performance.
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If you want to change home launcher in order to optimize performance, Zeam is the best choice. It has a very low footprint (and a very handy home screen, btw.).

There's no way a task killer is going anywhere near my phone......

Agreed - Zeam seems to be a bit smoother than launcher pro on the stock rom. On 2.2 theres very little difference between them. Personally i prefer ADW - although pretty much the only thing it has over Launcher Pro is the ability to set three columns instead of four in the app drawer. (sad i know)
The best optimization is to get 2.2 on there

I've not tried out zeam yet, but running Launcher pro on 2.2, with memory settings set to 10, and caching enabled, I find it hard to believe that much it going to beat it, mine is liquid smooth on the home screen.
Mike

I've just tried out Zeam, and actually I was suprised at how smooth it is, not quite a smooth going into the appdraw, but really quite good
Mike

Wait till Launcher Pro get its rewrite, then we will see who is smoother

You shouldn't use an auto task killer. Autostarts is a better bet to prevent stuff you don't want starting the first place. And Watchdog if the reason you're wanting to kill stuff is that they're going wrong.
Zeam is faster than LauncherPro imo. It's just a shame it doesn't have the option to hide apps in the app drawer.

faster blade
use adw launcher it is the best homescreen by miles, once you get used to it all others will seem pointless, stick to a minimal amount of widgets and a max of 3 screens.
a good task manager I've found is task panel x. it gives you a widget for your homescreen with a kill all button and has ignore and autokill options to keep things running smoothly
avoid live wallpapers like the plague, try using something like wallswitch instead to auto change your wallpapers. there are loads of apps to get nice wallpapers and most of them look miles better than the gimmicky live wallpapers anyway.
I have spent hours trying out every widget and app out there and can highly recommend the following...
My current widgets
countdown timer widget,
mort player music widget,
sticky pad pro widget (totally customizable and great for shopping lists)
guage battery widget
jorte calander
wifi manager
task panel
widgetsoid
digital clock widget
favourite apps
angry birds
system panel light (best looking task manager by far)
app brain (better than the market)
chrome to phone
daily horoscope
ezpdf reader (has night mode)
laputa (excellent free ebook reader)
myplayer (old version still works)
Slideit keyboard (like swype but much better)
uk tv droid (excellent tv guide with reminders)
Uloops studio (THIS ROCKS, BEST ANDROID APP EVER)
wall switch
if anybody knows of any better alternatives to these I would love to hear about them.

what to kill though
hi,
I have had my blade for about a month now, and it is my first Android.
this thread is just what I am needing right now to try and optimize it
and get better battery life for use on my golf course with Freecaddie.
currently I am using 2 apps: Advanced Task Killer (the little green man icon) and 'Quick Settings'
and have set phone to 2G, with Auto sync and Background Data disabled.
I fancy trying Titanium Backup and Autostart Killer as mentioned earlier
but have not the faintest idea as to what Apps to backup, nor which to Autokill.
I actually only need my Blade for basic phone usage, as a Satnav, and for Golfing.
if anyone can advise me what to 'kill' I would be very greatful.
a great forum this, and a Happy New Year to all.
Kevin

I have now installed Autostart Killer and quite like it,
but Titanium Backup seems to be for rooted phones only and mine is not rooted.
is there a similar app to Titanium Backup for non rooted phones ?
thanks,
Kevin

Yeh, I'm kind of in a dilema whether to use advanced task killer or not..
can anyone point me in the right direction?

olyloh6696 said:
Yeh, I'm kind of in a dilema whether to use advanced task killer or not..
can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Add to whitelist anything you want to keep open it doesn't display core processes anyway so can't go wrong.
There's an ilogic in the logic as far as android is concerned apparently there is no need for taskillers due to androids own task manager, happen to disagree as any process increases battery also many programs use net in background to which again uses battery, the argument you will find is in the clock we use to clear "doesn't need to be done every minute" also another app worth getting if rooted is Droid wall a firewall very handy to stop program communications..
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Launchers
I wholeheartedly agree with 'Twistedvegan' that the ADW Launcher is the best.
amongst it's many good points are the ability to change the 3 main launcher icons,
and to customomize what you add to each screen. (eg: I have just icons with no text for my main apps)
and I have tried all the most popular launchers

[Q] Froyo: Icons Home Screen disapear after reboot

Hello all,
I have a little issue:
After upgraded my phone to froyo (feb 2011 europe firmware) Icons of the Home Screen disapear after reboot. This issue seems occur only if the apps are been moved on to sdcard.
thanks

[email protected] said:
Hello all,
I have a little issue:
After upgraded my phone to froyo (feb 2011 europe firmware) Icons of the Home Screen disapear after reboot. This issue seems occur only if the apps are been moved on to sdcard.
thanks
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You will have to wait for a while for the apps to load...try using a launcher pro or adw launcher they may load faster

ronhoover88 said:
You will have to wait for a while for the apps to load...try using a launcher pro or adw launcher they may load faster
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A correction : Twlauncher is d only one which wil nt load them after reboot..
Sent from my GT-I5801 using Tapatalk

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Even after hours, the icons do not appear.
I don't want use a launcher. I want understand because happens it.

[email protected] said:
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
Even after hours, the icons do not appear.
I don't want use a launcher. I want understand because happens it.
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u can try adw..!!

ranadip.bswas said:
A correction : Twlauncher is d only one which wil nt load them after reboot..
Sent from my GT-I5801 using Tapatalk
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You're wrong launcher pro also doesn't load them also

Try reseting the launcher after the media scanner finishes (ie. after the sd card is fully prepared) restart it by ending the process and then just pressing the home button.

It happens because the apps take time to load if from the SD card as it is much slower then internal memory and also because TWlauncher is slow for that

[Q] Block recent apps and status bar

Hi,
I installed "One Locker" from the Play Store ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile.onelocker ) and I noticed when I press the home button, the app don't close. Also, I can't pull down the status bar.
How is this possible without setting the app as a launcher, like many other lockscreen apps are doing?
Question is also in the following post.

Auroratic said:
Hi,
I installed "One Locker" from the Play Store ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile.onelocker ) and I noticed when I press the home button, the app don't close. Also, I can't pull down the status bar.
How is this possible without setting the app as a launcher, like many other lockscreen apps are doing?
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It is possible by overriding the onUserLeaveHint() method of the activity class and using the AlarmManager class. But as a security feature, the task u want to perform starts after 5 seconds. If u want to remove this delay then ull have to write ur own HomeLauncher.

OkieKokie said:
If u want to remove this delay then ull have to write ur own HomeLauncher.
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I want to avoid that because if I use Nova launcher for example and set my lockscreen app as launcher (Nova will be opened by my app), then Nova will be in the recent apps and I really don't like this.

Auroratic said:
I want to avoid that because if I use Nova launcher for example and set my lockscreen app as launcher (Nova will be opened by my app), then Nova will be in the recent apps and I really don't like this.
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Well can't think of any other way to do it! If u manage to find out anything then do let me know! All the best :good:

OkieKokie said:
Well can't think of any other way to do it! If u manage to find out anything then do let me know! All the best :good:
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Hi,
I found a way to hide the launcher from the recent apps.
Please tell me more details on hide the recent app list and block the status bar from pull down.

i need help about launchers application for my Note 3 plz

Hi everybody..
I hope to you nice day..
I have some problem so plz help me..
My problem is that,, i am using many launcher applications as Go launcher and Nova ..when i am using one launcher and want to add shortcut for screen home for that launcher ,,the shortcut appear for all another launchers ,,so that upset me and i need to delet shortcut from all launchers that i use.
Plz help me ,how i can fix that
Thank all.

App gets killed from status bar when swiped

Iam using the stock lolipop5.0 .when app is swipped it also gets killed from the notification bar.i want some apps to be persistent in memory like app locks ,call recorder, jio4gvoice.is there any fix ?

dareckless said:
Iam using the stock lolipop5.0 .when app is swipped it also gets killed from the notification bar.i want some apps to be persistent in memory like app locks ,call recorder, jio4gvoice.is there any fix ?
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check the Apps section in developer options.

i-AM-BoReD said:
check the Apps section in developer options.
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Thanks for your reply but don't keep activities is already unticked.
When I use any applock it works fine.but when I open the 'applock app' and swipe it from the recent activities it's permanently terminated.and then locked apps like whatsapp can be opened without password bcz the applock is not running in background.
Same happens when I swipe jio4gvoice from recent apps the app notification form the status bar disappears and no calls can be made from phones built in dialer.i think u got my point now.