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[Q] Help my W8/x8...!!

I'm using GingerDx.v022 and all going smooth n nice...
I've install many other .akp app from xda .. but i want the whole list of .apk file for my cell...!!
Also can any 1 say me which app can help my x8 for long battery life...
i'm using Advance task killer also reboot my cell twice a day.. n also have freeze unwanted apps ...n normally my battery supports my cell till 1day....but still want to extent my battery life.. so if there is any possible way then share it here...
N others who read this thread n thinks that there x8/w8 looks smart n sexy then share your Screenshots here ....

About the apk list
luckily, you're able to manage an app list to install and/or uninstall with sd card storage optimizer. this app is cool, it lets you maintain a backup of all your aps and choose install or uninstall them. It's perfect when you're changing of rom. Its disadvantage is that you have to go one by one. This is annoying but be pacient. download it from android market
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to save battery just avoid too many widgets, set automatic or low contrast, turn off wifi and bt when unecessary, and obviously kill the running apps (I usually set the back button to do this, more practical). As simple as that, better than and sofisticated app.

[GUIDE] EXTREME BATTERY SETTINGS i9100 NOT JUST ANOTHER BATTERY THREAD ;)10/21/12

This thread will only contain detailed but simple and easy to understand information and broken english because I'm Mexican and I live in Mexico.
This is my first thread in XDA, this phone is my first smartphone or touchscreen phone I got it a year a go when It came out and this post will have all my knowledge about SGS2 battery saving tips I've got from this year.
Some settings might sound dumb, like why would you disable a core if you paid for two, and why would you want lower brightness if you have a SAMOLED+ screen which is brighter than SAMOLED HD, well those settings are optional and you have to find which ones will help you when you need battery badly for an emergency or something.
First let's make a list of all the apps that you need to use and what they will do, all the apps and tips are optional but if you use all of them you will have some amazing battery life!
*This thread only contains free apps so you don't need to spend $ at all!*
#1 Screen filter: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd
This app is really useful because it allows you to go on lower brightness than what your phone allows you to! and if you have sensitive eyes it'll help at night, when I really NEED BATTERY I lower the brightness as much as I can (Don't go too low because you won't be able to see s**t.
while in use, screen filter make the install button in the package installer unusable; if you want to install an app, disable screen filter first
#2 Rescan Media ROOT: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImNvbS5hZGR6Lm1lZGlhc2Nhbm5lcnJvb3QiXQ..
This app will allow you to enable and disable media scanner whenever you want. Media scanner drains ur battery a lot specialy if you're using a JB ROM! I don't know if it'll be useful with GB/ICS because I only tested it on a JB ROM, by disabling media scanner you won't be able to see pictures or videos from your gallery but you're able to play music, use this when you really need to save battery and you're not gonna use gallery.
#3 https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yb290dW5pbnN0YWxsZXIuZnJlZSJd
BE CAREFUL WITH THIS APP! IF YOU'RE NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING ASK AN EXPERIENCED USER OR JUST LEAVE IT!
Titanium backup has an option to uninstall system apps but this one is free, just use it to freeze apps that you don't use and are always running, the apps I disabled are:
*Maps (I enable em when I need them)
*TvOut
*AccuWeather
*Movie Studio
*TalkBack
*Apollo (I use PowerAMP)
*Sound Search
*Voice dialer (Useless IMO..)
*SIM Toolkit (I don't know if this is safe to remove for all users but I had no problem)
*Trebuchet (I use Nova Prime)
*News & Weather
And you can disable other apps that you don't use, those are the ones I disabled.
#4 Startup manager: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImltb2JsaWZlLnN0YXJ0dXBtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
This is my favorite, I don't know how useful it is but I hate to have apps I don't use running or on the background.
With this app you can disable the user and systemapps that auto start when you turn on your phone, they will start without any problem when you need them!
This app will give you more free ram! I don't know if the RAM on phones consume as much energy as PC RAM but I used it anyway..
The system apps I disabled are the following:
*Youtube
*Clock
*Email
*Download manager
*Media Storage (I guess you don't need this is you disabled media scanner already with the previous app)
*Gallery
Those are only the system apps, remember to disable YOUR apps that are always running on boot and you don't need them to be running (I only kept facebook, facebook messenger, nova launcher and whatsapp) I don't suggest you to disable many google apps, I think it gives problems when trying to connect to google servers (NOT SURE) disable them if you want and if it give you any problem just enable them again.
#5 FastDormancy Toggle: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...W5tb3JhbC5mYXN0ZG9ybWFuY3l0b2dnbGUuaTkzMDAiXQ..
First do a google search and check if your carrier supports FD, my carrier doesn't support it so I disabled it and you can uninstall this app after disabling it if you want.
#6 AdFree: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5iaWd0aW5jYW4uYW5kcm9pZC5hZGZyZWUiXQ..
This app gets rid of the annoying ads, they consume battery because they use 3G to load and they're annoying anyway, just install it and after it downloads the host files and installs them you can uninstall this app if you want, if you start to get Ads again just install it again and update the host files and uninstall or you just can keep it and let it download the new host files.
#7 GetRIL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zaWJib3IuZ2V0cmlsIl0.
Some users have better batterylife after matching their RIL with the current modem, you can uninstall this app after installing the right RIL but I think the RIL will keep changing everytime you flash a new ROM. This app is supposed to keep you away from RIL crashes, try it. and uninstall after using it.
Ok that's it now let's move to the tips, some of them might have you tired already but I'll put them for the new users.
#1 If you're not gonna browse, use facebook or any app that requieres 3G just disable it, I have 2G most of the time because I only use whatsapp and gtalk the most.
#2 Disable WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and Sync if you're not using it.
#3 Disable google now (It improves battery a lot according to some users)
#4 If you're lazy to control your brightness just set it automatic, I use the notification bar slide brightness from CM10 and I always have it really low.
#5 Try not to have too many root apps running on start up because SU makes the phone laggy when it tries to enable too many root apps.
#6 If you have a weather app set "refresh manualy"
#7 If for some reason after using all the apps from above you still have unwanted apps running just stop them manualy, I check running apps really often and stop them.
#8 Some people have better battery life with different modems, I always use stock modems so try different modems and check which one suits you better
#10 Don't let your phone charging overnight
#11 If you're REALLY need battery and you're on a trip only listening music with the screen off, set your CPU to 200 Mhz or 500 Mhz if you want, Music player is a light app but some music players keep going from 100-200 mhz to 800-1000 ..
#12 Try to enable the skip track with volume key from CM10/AOKP, this will save battery as you won't turn the screen on everytime you want to skip track and If you use the 200 Mhz max frequency you won't have to go through the lag to skip a track (If your galaxy lags a lot at 200 Mhz, some phones don't lag that much at that frequency)
#13 Disable BLN
#14 If you're not using the internet at all put flight mode
#15 Use dark or black wallpapers and themes, our SAMOLED+ Screen saves energy if you use black/dark themes/wallpapers
#16 If you have facebook and you need more battery try to log off your facebook and facebook messenger, it'll save you some battery (credits to Obagleyfreer for this tip)
Now let's get into the ROMs and Kernel subject.
I'm using Dorimanx 7.3 and I'm using JellyBam ROM at the moment but I change ROMs really often, I think JellyBam has vsync enabled so I guess a ROM without vsync and Dorimanx 7.3 will have better batterylife.
ExTweaks settings:
Easy.. Just go to recovery and go into specific kernel options and put Battery profile.. If you have ExTweaks plus you'll be able to change the profiles from the app and you'll see the Extreme_battery profile, enable it if you have ExTweaks plus.
After you set battery profile go to the CPU tab and put second core always off if you're just chatting and listening music you don't need both cores enabled.
Oh yeah and undervolt your CPU/GPU in ExTweaks, I have CPU UV -75.
If you did a charge cycle and your phone is at 100%, unplug it and go to the MISC tab on ExTweaks and Reset Fuel Chip and charge it again to 100%, I usualy reset it like 10 times after flashing a ROM, I unplug and reset and plug and like that a few times.. I'm not sure if it helps at all but I do it anyway.
**I think some users reported that slower charge gives better battery, in ExTweaks MISC tab theres an option for charging voltages, set the lowest AC/MISC:550mA USD:450mA (I haven't tested it but I will do it soon**
I'm adding more info to this thread and giving credits in a few minutes I have to eat dinner.
As I explained I'm from Mexico and this is my first help/guide thread in XDA, If you liked how I shared all my knowledge and want to help me with a donation feel free to do it, I'm from Mexico as some of you know this country is really poor and even 30 cents or 1 USD will help me, 1 USD is like 13 mexican pesos.. feel free to donate if you want, any amount will do fine.
Ok after trying to discharge my phone using Max brightness, both cores enabled, screen on all time, PowerAMP on speakers all the time with max volume, 1.5Ghz, Extreme_Perfomance profile I got 3 hours 30 mins screen time.. I couldn't take a screenshot cause I took too long to take it and I had media disabled Now I'm going to try with my settings and post the results! Please if you tried my guide and got amazing battery life post a screenshot of your battery graph and screen on time or tell us the results!

Mexico loves xda <3
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Great! Thank you!! I'll try it all!
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Netjoker said:
Great! Thank you!! I'll try it all!
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Thanks If you have any question feel free to ask, I'll add a FAQ question and more details to the thread if needed, this is my first thread and I'm really noob at this I hope you guys help me to make this thread perfect and maybe even get sticky! This ALL you need for good battery life, I forgot some stuff but I'll add it once I remember it xD

I need enable the other CPU core
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Mervingio said:
I need enable the other CPU core
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What do you mean? Both cores will run on your Galaxy when you need them but the second core isn't enabled all the time, only when you need it.

Great instructions.I am using JellyBam ROM 20121022 – i9100 daily [OUT DA SPACE REL] with siyah v5.0b1

Well i underclocked my device to 100-500 mhz with 2 cores running all the time... voltages as low a i can... gpu 40 66 100 mhz... the only thing i took from this thread is the screen filter,thanks for that! now i usually get 7 hours screen time 2 days running

Elistheman said:
Well i underclocked my device to 100-500 mhz with 2 cores running all the time... voltages as low a i can... gpu 40 66 100 mhz... the only thing i took from this thread is the screen filter,thanks for that! now i usually get 7 hours screen time 2 days running
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Your welcome You should try the startup manager to get rid of the apps that auto start!

A handy tip to help battery life is remove Facebook app. It is a HUGE battery drain.
The best thing to do is to log onto the Facebook Mobile site then when you're on the homepage just save as a bookmark.
Now you can add the bookmark to your home screen as an icon.
It's just like Facebook app only faster, less bugs and battery friendly
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Obagleyfreer said:
A handy tip to help battery life is remove Facebook app. It is a HUGE battery drain.
The best thing to do is to log onto the Facebook Mobile site then when you're on the homepage just save as a bookmark.
Now you can add the bookmark to your home screen as an icon.
It's just like Facebook app only faster, less bugs and battery friendly
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Thanks, I'll add it to the list of tips

Great post
One thing though: I would advice you NOT to fully drain your battery unless absolutely necessary. This will lower the full capacity of your battery. It's the same thing that happens to laptopbatteries. Many people let it run dry from time to time and this is one of the reasons people experience such a severe hit on laptop battery capacity over time.
This is also the reason why you phone will shut down before battery hits 0%. It's simply to spare the battery from degradation.
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Thx !

abnesher said:
Great post
One thing though: I would advice you NOT to fully drain your battery unless absolutely necessary. This will lower the full capacity of your battery. It's the same thing that happens to laptopbatteries. Many people let it run dry from time to time and this is one of the reasons people experience such a severe hit on laptop battery capacity over time.
This is also the reason why you phone will shut down before battery hits 0%. It's simply to spare the battery from degradation.
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thanks, I removed the tip

nice!

here are some more facts about different batteries and their behavior. Remember that u have a lithium-ion battery in your smartphone:
h**p://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_charge_when_to_charge_table
This supports also the posting from abnesher.
//sorry for masking the url with * but im not allowed to post urls cause i am new

thx alot i'll try it

Ingesting Read! But I suggest you to add this disclaimer to the Screen Filter section: "while in use, screen filter make the install button in the package installer unusable; if you want to install an app, disable screen filter first"
Hope it's useful for you
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PunkOz said:
What do you mean? Both cores will run on your Galaxy when you need them but the second core isn't enabled all the time, only when you need it.
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System Tuner works like a charm
Thanks for the tip!
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Ryther said:
Ingesting Read! But I suggest you to add this disclaimer to the Screen Filter section: "while in use, screen filter make the install button in the package installer unusable; if you want to install an app, disable screen filter first"
Hope it's useful for you
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Edited, Thanks!

Lollipop:rapid battery drain.

After upgrade to 5.1,there are some serious issues .Whenever the tablet is woke,it heats up almost instantly,even if its simply left with the screen-on.This causes rapid battery drain.I think the processor runs at its peak state,all the time during screen-on.I find many users complaining about the same.So,if anyone has a solution, please be generous enough to share-possibly without rooting.

Nandroid7736 said:
After upgrade to 5.1,there are some serious issues .Whenever the tablet is woke,it heats up almost instantly,even if its simply left with the screen-on.This causes rapid battery drain.I think the processor runs at its peak state,all the time during screen-on.I find many users complaining about the same.So,if anyone has a solution, please be generous enough to share-possibly without rooting.
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I didn't get the heating or battery drain but every time I rebooted the tablet it would optimize all the apps. A factory reset solved the problem.
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factory reset solved only the problems for a few days now weeks later the tablet still is not function normal.. heats up quick, seems to have cpu at 100% almost nonstop because of the nvidia tegra services running in the background stealing 30-60% cpu and makes the cpu go 100% full alltime thats what causing lag and heat problems for me so many weeks and because of this i barely use it so frustrating and nvidia dont even seem to care - posted on their geforce forums but not a word response month later fking clowns!

I found a fix for lollipop issues

oppodi said:
I found a fix for lollipop issues
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and i found a way to be a millionaire..............................just kidding :silly:
could you pls share some more details here?

Things needed , twrp recovery
Greenify donation
First go to recovery advanced wipe and wipe cache and dalkvik cache
Reboot
Go to greenify experimental features and select greenifying system services
Add nvidia tetra services and hibernate
Remove SD card try not to use it
The problems are fixed
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oppodi said:
Things needed , twrp recovery
Greenify donation
First go to recovery advanced wipe and wipe cache and dalkvik cache
Reboot
Go to greenify experimental features and select greenifying system services
Add nvidia tetra services and hibernate
Remove SD card try not to use it
The problems are fixed
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Hit thanks if works

Mine was overheating too. Now it's good.
In my case turning all apps configuration to optimised for nvidia worked.
To do that you need to download activity launcher app from play store then install it.
In the app press all then go to settings. Look for "SETTINGS com.android.settings.NvControlPanel" (If you hold you will be able to create a shortcut on home screen). Then in APPS tab press optimise all. From now all previously installed apps will be optimised and will not run at Max performance mode. New apps need to be optimised after installation.

Can someone look in their /lbh partition at the prop file in there trying to see if one can bypass Advents servers for OTA updates as it seems Advent servers do not have the 3.0 update. Thanks in advance

Not seen the overheating described, but I was seeing very fast battery drain on standby (25% overnight!). The main culprit turned out to be the Photos app - it wasn't syncing anything, but google services were using 40ish% battery and Photos another 20%. Since removing Photos and disabling unused google stuff (hangouts, google+ etc) standby is back to kitkat levels (2-3% overnight).

Is there a guide somewhere to fix the massive battery drain, in standby/hibernate that I have now after I upgraded to Lollipop? Just some settings or something easy to install? What's this Activity Launcher App then?

iMaterial said:
Is there a guide somewhere to fix the massive battery drain, in standby/hibernate that I have now after I upgraded to Lollipop? Just some settings or something easy to install? What's this Activity Launcher App then?
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Read my this thread about activity launcher and power management in lollipop (No root)
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Battery Life Tweaks if you think your battery has degraded.

Many kenzo users are now in the final stages of using the device, but, for people like me who are planning to use it for some time more, I will be giving certain tweaks which I used and the combination I prefer for best battery life. Keep in mind that this might (will) slow down your phone a bit. I was getting a sot of not more than 4-5 hr. prior to this combination and now I do get a sot of 6-7 hrs. easily.
ROM and kernel Combination- RR by Movzx + Agni 11.5
1) After coming on this combination, flash magisk and download greenify module.
2) Greenify (will be preinstalled on RR MOVZX) all apps having network usages in background ( don't greenify apps like whatsapp, snapchat )
3) Download force doze and turn it on (whitelist apps such as whatsapp, snapchat, basically the ones who's notifications are required by you)
4) Download Spectrum app and turn on battery mode (will slow down performance)
5) Block Nlp Collector wakelocks from settings- configurations- miscellaneous- wakelock blocker
6) Block google alarm wakelock and location detector from settings- configurations- miscellaneous- alarm blocker
7) Purchase any app ( like EXKM) from playstore to monitor battery usage (OPTIONAL)
8) Under Miscellaneous- suspend actions, block location services as soon as device turns off to prevent idle drain.
9) Turn Adreno Idler on from any kernel manager app ( use Agni's ) and turn cpu small and big governer's to glassfish (optional)
THESE STEPS SHALL PROVIDE YOU THE JUICE YOU NEED. PLEASE TELL ME IF I SHOULD ADD ANYTHING ELSE AS MANY USERS ARE CONSIDERING CHANGING BATTERY'S EVEN THOUGH SUCH TWEAKS CAN HELP UP TO A GREAT EXTENT
Links
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.suyashsrijan.forcedoze&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.frap129.spectrum&hl=en
Credits
 @MOVZX
 @psndna88

ROM link
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Are u using this build
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291691383

sunnyGUN said:
ROM link
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Are u using this build
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291691383
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Yes he is...

This trick is too old. Don't want to Hibernate apps. If you have any trick to change processor of this device .:laugh:

Dobly not working?

Noor9933 said:
This trick is too old. Don't want to Hibernate apps. If you have any trick to change processor of this device .:laugh:
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Yup... Buy a new device... :laugh:

H910: hot and slow

My phone is super slow and gets very warm/hot. I changed the battery to a new one directly from LG, removed the SD card, several apps including Facebook. Still a problem.
What can I do? I wasnt able to figure what is causing all of this. I can see running processes but it doesn't say how much they load the phone.
Any ideas? Sometimes it lags so bad it might take a few secs to scroll.
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You need to provide more info, like:
* Are you rooted
* Did this just start or has it been that way
* Did you install anything recently that coincided with the phone heating
-- Brian

haris163 said:
What can I do? I wasnt able to figure what is causing all of this. I can see running processes but it doesn't say how much they load the phone.
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Settings -> General -> Battery & Power Saving -> Battery Usage -> Battery Use Details
Make note of the most parasitic applications.
Then go into Apps and Force Stop downloaded or Play Store installed apps that top that list.
It would be highly unusual for factory installed Apps to cause severe battery drain.
The only exception is Chrome. Sometimes there are web pages that don't play well.
If Chrome turns out to be an issue, you need to go through and close tabs.
It may also require going into Chrome -> Storage -> Clear Cache / Manage Space

runningnak3d said:
You need to provide more info, like:
* Are you rooted
* Did this just start or has it been that way
* Did you install anything recently that coincided with the phone heating
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No.
It was made more severe a few weeks ago.
Not that I am aware of.
Now it's ok, see my next post.
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Hash-82 said:
Settings -> General -> Battery & Power Saving -> Battery Usage -> Battery Use Details
Make note of the most parasitic applications.
Then go into Apps and Force Stop downloaded or Play Store installed apps that top that list.
It would be highly unusual for factory installed Apps to cause severe battery drain.
The only exception is Chrome. Sometimes there are web pages that don't play well.
If Chrome turns out to be an issue, you need to go through and close tabs.
It may also require going into Chrome -> Storage -> Clear Cache / Manage Space
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Thanks. After removing any app showing up as running (without me running it and not seeing a legitimate reason that it should be running) and installing Powerful Monitor https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glgjing.marvel
Cleaning cache using Powerful Monitor
Replacing TrueCaller with Hiya (TC was more anoying for sure)
Now my phone is so fast it feels weird. I even put back the SD card with no issues.
I am still not sure of the cause nor the solution.
On other note, after that I realized that I was two firmware updates behind (I was aware of being one behind) despite repeatedly and regularly checking for updates. Long story short, after calling AT&T the updates came through right away.
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It happened again. The solution this time was to remove all the offline Google map areas from the SD card and only store my current area in the phone's memory. So far, so good.
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