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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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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:
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Thanks I will give it a shot

rayraycarter4 said:
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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:
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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

Any change to lockscreen widgets in TW 4.3?

Hey guys!
I'm on CM 10.2 at the moment and was considering comparing the latest TW firmware. My biggest issue with TW in the past has been the inability to have multiple lockscreen widgets (and primarily a camera shortcut) while using a pattern lock.
Just wanted to know if that had changed with the release of 4.3 or if it's still the same?
Did a quick search but couldn't find anything conclusive.

If you're device is rooted! The just instal exposed framework! And download the module! Here it is works perfect!
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dajumper said:
If you're device is rooted! The just instal exposed framework! And download the module! Here it is works perfect!
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Cheers mate.
I take it it's not officially supported in this update either then?

No it's not officially supported. I am not rooted but have got the functionality through the excellent widgetlocker.
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AMoosa said:
No it's not officially supported. I am not rooted but have got the functionality through the excellent widgetlocker.
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Even with widget locker you can't access the camera without having to unlock the pattern lock though can you? Won't it just pop up the lock after selecting the camera shortcut in WL?

Obscure Reference said:
Even with widget locker you can't access the camera without having to unlock the pattern lock though can you? Won't it just pop up the lock after selecting the camera shortcut in WL?
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You can access the camera without unlocking. Just swipe right.
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as far as i know its all the same, i use widgetlocker but in the short while i used stock it seemed the same as in 4.2
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It really does work! Sweet!
Thanks guys!
When I first tried it I made a shortcut to the camera app. That doesn't work, you have to either swipe to the side or use the built in widget locker functions for a camera shortcut.

Change kitkat lockscreen wallpaper?

Jellybean allowed you to change either lockscreen or home wallpaper. Now kitkat changes both at once it doesn't ask which one you wanna change, or am I completely missing it? I Googled it and can't seem to figure this out -.- this is on Beanstalk on my s4, girlfriends Verizon s3, and friends att s3. so I know it's not just me lol.
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toxicpaulution said:
Jellybean allowed you to change either lockscreen or home wallpaper. Now kitkat changes both at once it doesn't ask which one you wanna change, or am I completely missing it? I Googled it and can't seem to figure this out -.- this is on Beanstalk on my s4, girlfriends Verizon s3, and friends att s3. so I know it's not just me lol.
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i would like to have different wallpap on lockscreen too ...

Still there. They removed the ability from the home screen.
Settings - my device - display - wallpaper
Edit - just saw the beanstalk reference. Not sure if it is the same.
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Yeah they updated a ton of stuff so its now in most roms but when they started with the kitkat but now its in the settings lol.
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toxicpaulution said:
Jellybean allowed you to change either lockscreen or home wallpaper. Now kitkat changes both at once it doesn't ask which one you wanna change, or am I completely missing it? I Googled it and can't seem to figure this out -.- this is on Beanstalk on my s4, girlfriends Verizon s3, and friends att s3. so I know it's not just me lol.
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It is as was before. Menu button- set wallpaper - home or lock screen
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norbarb said:
It is as was before. Menu button- set wallpaper - home or lock screen
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I must be blind but I don't see it on mine, I'm on CM11 with current nightly and lock screen option is not their I only find "Contact" "Home" "Nova Launcher" "Gallery".
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ozziedog said:
I must be blind but I don't see it on mine, I'm on CM11 with current nightly and lock screen option is not their I only find "Contact" "Home" "Nova Launcher" "Gallery".
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I'm talking about last OTA update for ATT galaxy s4
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norbarb said:
I'm talking about last OTA update for ATT galaxy s4
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Okay then I miss read the OP and disregard
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ozziedog said:
I must be blind but I don't see it on mine, I'm on CM11 with current nightly and lock screen option is not their I only find "Contact" "Home" "Nova Launcher" "Gallery".
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go to settings>themes>lock screen wallpapers

pravin hulgeri said:
go to settings>themes>lock screen wallpapers
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Its not intuitive at all. I installed a theme and then couldn't get rid of the lockscreen wallpaper. A theme can override your normal wallpaper by setting a lock screen wallpaper. To fix this you need to go to settings -> themes -> lock screen wallpaper -> clear
Took me awhile to figure this out. Hope it helps someone else.

pravin hulgeri said:
go to settings>themes>lock screen wallpapers
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thanks! worked

[Q] Run apps on lock screen like S-note Action memo

My phone is rooted.
Is that at all possible?

Use xposed and download s5 lockscreen widgets and multiple wiidgets
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duvalbmarley said:
Use xposed and download s5 lockscreen widgets and multiple wiidgets
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Looking something similar to S note, that you can actually insert information on the lock screen not just having read only info.
Thank you anyway

Samsung Lab in Settings?

I have the T-Mobile variant and I do not see the Samsung Labs in settings. This is where we can turn off the app icon on the home screen. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks

I got my s7 already and installed nova, but wouldn't that be a touchwiz setting?

Its probably disabled by t-mobile if your phone is a carrier version
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bigmase23 said:
I have the T-Mobile variant and I do not see the Samsung Labs in settings. This is where we can turn off the app icon on the home screen. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks
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I was looking for it also I didn't see it

I am running Nova but I don't see it either way.

If Tmob removed SLabs and Whitepages I might have to return the phone and go international.

I won't be running the stock rom for long anyway.

True, but it should still be there!

bigmase23 said:
True, but it should still be there!
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Agreed. I wanted to try going without the app drawer (I'm aware of Nova Launcher). I don't know why T-Mobile would remove this from the phone.

Yea, surely it isn't a tmob thing.. maybe in the true release date they will have a software update

White pages is there just no labs
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what is this samsung labs for anyway??

It's like Samsung beta features which you could try out.
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