Launchers - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

which launchers does ultra power saving mode work with?

xfreedom said:
which launchers does ultra power saving mode work with?
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None as far as I'm aware.
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So strictly just touchwiz? Is there a touchwiz apk i could download since i unistalled it, but also would it drain my battery if i had two launchers

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Best launcher for s4 with settings

Hey guys just wondering what launchers you guys are using...
And if so what are your settings (reduce lag)
Also. Any cool launchers you guys come across?
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lag???
gremlininthesystem said:
Hey guys just wondering what launchers you guys are using...
And if so what are your settings (reduce lag)
Also. Any cool launchers you guys come across?
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I am not facing any lag issues on i9500. but still interested in best launcher. i have tried nova, apex, atom, tfs shell and next launcher. currently touchwiz looks better. but all other launchers are updating. so i will wait and see.
I've tried Nova and Go Launcher. Settled on Go Launcher for now. Both work well, and Nova is easier to learn/use, IMO. But Go has more power and options.
I don't notice any lag on either of them, or on the stock TW.
jejb said:
I've tried Nova and Go Launcher. Settled on Go Launcher for now. Both work well, and Nova is easier to learn/use, IMO. But Go has more power and options.
I don't notice any lag on either of them, or on the stock TW.
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I switched from Go to Nova due to excessive battery drain with Go. MUCH better on Nova.
Nova all the way!!
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The only one who has a little of lag is the next launcher.
The better question it´d be: which one waste less battery S:
Sir, try sslauncher. I like the way it works. No lags, fast, battery-friendly and… unusual.
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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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reset
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
MeetFace said:
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

Essential Apps for your Aquos Crystal!

Share some of your favorite and/or useful apps for the Crystal!
Battery percentage for KitKat
Flipboard
Textra
Google Camera
Swiftkey
Opera Data Max(fantastic data compression app that can save you precious GB and keep you from hitting your limit)
Dynamic Notifications(10x better than just a notification light)
Nova Launcher Prime/Beta(The very best Home Launcher for Android)
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Share some of your favorite and/or useful apps for the Crystal!
Battery percentage for KitKat
Flipboard
Textra
Google Camera
Swiftkey
Opera Data Max(fantastic data compression app that can save you precious GB and keep you from hitting your limit)
Dynamic Notifications(10x better than just a notification light)
Nova Launcher Prime/Beta(The very best Home Launcher for Android)
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u wouldn't happen to have the wallpapers for this phone?
Do not forget Greenify. Yes, it works without root, too!
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DiamondJay20 said:
u wouldn't happen to have the wallpapers for this phone?
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They're just stock Android wallpapers that come on nexus devices.
kozmo2k4 said:
Do not forget Greenify. Yes, it works without root, too!
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One of the first things I put on
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RealiZms said:
Share some of your favorite and/or useful apps for the Crystal!
Battery percentage for KitKat
Flipboard
Textra
Google Camera
Swiftkey
Opera Data Max(fantastic data compression app that can save you precious GB and keep you from hitting your limit)
Dynamic Notifications(10x better than just a notification light)
Nova Launcher Prime/Beta(The very best Home Launcher for Android)
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would you know if there is an available application to change the font on the sharp aquos 306sh
Power Toggles, because the AP toggle works and lets you use tethering on this phone.
hazridi said:
Power Toggles, because the AP toggle works and lets you use tethering on this phone.
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It doesn't work. I tried it
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Right don't work
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I checked my email over tethering on my tablet. Web sites aren't loading. Not sure what is going on.
Try easytether
Dont forget this one
Xda app is a nice one to have
lists
Those are good lists to have on your phone.
has anyone tried tetherfy? I ordered this phone off eBay and wondering if tetherfy works
Touchpal keyboard
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Greenify vs. Stamina Mode

Greetings,
I was wondering if anyone has tried using both of these(not tougher!) and can provide some information on which is better.
Thanks!
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Sydrox said:
Greetings,
I was wondering if anyone has tried using both of these(not tougher!) and can provide some information on which is better.
Thanks!
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I use both, but in the end I use Greenify more often. I also think that they don't really work the same.
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Dsteppa said:
I use both, but in the end I use Greenify more often. I also think that they don't really work the same.
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Really? When I tried using them both together it crashed my phone. As far as I understood they both provide a hibernation mode for background apps...
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Sydrox said:
Really? When I tried using them both together it crashed my phone. As far as I understood they both provide a hibernation mode for background apps...
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Hmm I just tried using both and it worked without a problem. Stamina doesn't really hibernate apps I believe, it just cut off the Internet connection till you turn on your screen again. (Of course on a more sophisticated way)
You should be able to use both at the same time without any problems.
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Dsteppa said:
Hmm I just tried using both and it worked without a problem. Stamina doesn't really hibernate apps I believe, it just cut off the Internet connection till you turn on your screen again. (Of course on a more sophisticated way)
You should be able to use both at the same time without any problems.
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Can provide a screenshot of your stamina mode settings and greenify setting?
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I use both Greenify and Llama, i dont need Stamina Mode anymore although its still enabled
Sydrox said:
Can provide a screenshot of your stamina mode settings and greenify setting?
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I never use Stamina tho, I even had to travel for 15 hours, but never enabled Stamina because the phone could handle that with ease. Anyways I have nothing special @ Stamina settings no apps whitelisted.
And also in Greenify I haven't done anything special, the only thing I did was select which apps should be greenified and that was all (Stamina wasn't in the list of apps that should be Greenified)
I only use Stamina Mode when I'm out travelling. I'm a true greenify fan, however since I rooted and got rid of the bloatware it's almost superfluous since there's not much to hibernate
I use Stamina in conjunction with ds battery saver pro. Not sure if one overrides the other, etc. as they r both supposed to work in a similar fashion? Either way, my battery life is fantasmagorical!
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