Hi everyone, I just moved from iOS to android like a few months ago and was facing a pathetically bad battery life for my S4 i9505, googled alot and found out that rooting and disabling bloatware is the only effective option, I rooted my device with Odin. Disabled basic apps like S Health, Watch On and stuff but didnt noticed any effective change in my battery life, installed battery Juice defender, battery Guru and Cpu tuner, dont know which does the trick but it felt a bit relief. but the problem now am facing is after disabling a few more apps which i got a safe list on searching from XDA developer's forum. i noticed when I wokeup my time was still stuck at 12:36 and when i pushed the home button my screen began to flicker, it turned black and i turned my device back on manually :/ any idea where things went wrong as am panicking. you can email me on [email protected] as well
I hope android buddies are helping too
U must hav deleted some essentials
No I believe I didn't, I found a safe to remove list on XDA Developer, and I only removed apps which I never used but a few apps i don't know about but as they were mentioned are save to remove {Talkback, StoryAlbum Widget, S Health & Sensor Service, Samsung Hub Updater, Samsung Games, Learning, Watch On, Books, Translator, RoseEUkor, PickUpTutorial, PageBuddyNotiSer, OMACP, NFC Test, Mobile Print Services, LocalFOTA, InteractiveKeyguardTutorial, GroupPlay, Flipboard, ELM Agent, Chat ON}. I installed them after backing up thru Titanium Backup
U installed them after having backup means ? I didnt get u
Hi, just wondering what people think of this feature, i only noticed it since one of the latest 5.1.1 updates, it’s in the battery power saving options.
My phone keeps asking me to optimise my apps to save battery, basically i think it stops any processes in the background if they aren’t used for a number of days.
I have turned most on to optimise and disabled it off for apps i know i use a lot, i must admit i do kind of think there’s a bit of a difference in my battery life, unless there isn’t and I’m just wishing there was lol.. it feels like there’s a difference though.
I think it said somewhere that it can interfere with any apps you like to get notifications from.
I thought I would see what anyone else thinks of this feature?
Regards
James
i thought it was alike of doze in android m but its not. cannot optimize the system app such as android system or google service etc. im not impressed cus i can use greenify or power nap.
Many people call this samsung doze, but its more like a greenify without root app. If used correctly can improve batery for sure
So of course, after a long time, my phone gets swamped with apps, etc that slow the phone down and make it buggy. Battery life is also an issue.
I also know that I can't root my phone because it'll mess up Samsung Pay which I use.
So will resetting the phone to factory settings help me, and if so, is there a particular ROM you'd recommend?
Thanks!
Well as u stated, if u root it'll break Samsung pay so u can't use a "rom" and it's no roms even available as of now anyhow. So yeah, I reset my phone every now and then for better performance and start fresh. I'm on PG1 which runs pretty good and I use a bloat disabler to disable a lot of the blot to keep some ram free and it's working pretty decent for me as of now with about 22 apps. And also turn on the auto reboot feature to reboot your phone once a week automatically while u sleep and keep things fresh.
I've been using my galaxy s8 (G950U) for about two weeks now. I feel like I've been ripped off. This thing gets warm just from streaming music via Pandora. Geekbench scores are better on both my Exynos s7 edge and my old note 5. Then there's the USB C audio lag. As soon as I plugged in usb c headphones, my s8 basically froze to the point of unusable. Anyone else having these problems or did I just happen to pick up a bad phone?
Havent noticed any of your issues.
I haven't tried USB-C headphones, but I am actually very satisfied with my phone apart from the battery. It's fast, responsive, handles everything I throw at it. Don't rely too much on benchmarks, it doesn't always represent the day to day use.
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Haven't had it as long as you but i'm on day 4 and so far so good. Hopefully it stays that way.
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I've been using my galaxy s8 (G950U) for about two weeks now. I feel like I've been ripped off. This thing gets warm just from streaming music via Pandora. Geekbench scores are better on both my Exynos s7 edge and my old note 5. Then there's the USB C audio lag. As soon as I plugged in usb c headphones, my s8 basically froze to the point of unusable. Anyone else having these problems or did I just happen to pick up a bad phone?
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I had an AT&T version and now an Exynos UK version. Both are incredibly responsive the latter more so. I spent hours yesterday with my phone connected to SideSync configuring it. Not a stutter or stall in anything I did. I can see how an S8 via Dex can emulate a PC. Your issues seem like a one-off. Most likely due to some combination of apps you have installed, something you've disabled or frozen, or a utility run amok (EG: Bixby re-mapper). Do you use SmartSwitch? Some apps don't like to be restored vs. installed fresh. As for USB-C I used it all day yesterday connected to a USB 3.0 port on my PC and regularly to connect my phone to Android Auto. The phone's performance never changed.
Here's how I configure my U.S. phones (it's not necessary on imports):
From a fresh restore from recovery I skip signing in to my Google and Samsung accounts.
I uninstall or disable all the carrier junk and any other apps I won't use.
I don't disable Samsung core apps because they're interdependent and can create problems and battery drain when they look for each other and they aren't there.
I sign in to my Samsung account and disable the syncs I don't use and then update all my pre-installed Samsung apps and download optional ones I use.
I sign in to my Google account and disable the syncs I don't use and quickly disable auto-update in the Play Store so I can control what's installed or updated.
Only after all my apps are in place do I start to play with the settings.
I backed up my AT&T S8+ to Samsung Cloud and only restored my apps, music, photos, documents, phone logs, and MMS history. Moving settings over is a crap shoot if something from the old phone incorrectly overlays something on the new phone. It's more time consuming to do it this way but (knock on wood) I've never had battery drain issues or any other funkiness with a new phone and I go through many. Good luck.
No problem
No problem here, really good performances overall.
Mine runs really well too. Very happy customer
Everything is ok here.. very fast
I have similar experience. My exynos S7E is way faster than this Snapdragon S8. Though I did get the UFS 2.0 version. Probably going to sell it and pick up another exynos.
Mine runs as slow as my galaxy s1...
I'm satisfied with mine. It's a beauty inside and outside ?
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I had an AT&T version and now an Exynos UK version. Both are incredibly responsive the latter more so. I spent hours yesterday with my phone connected to SideSync configuring it. Not a stutter or stall in anything I did. I can see how an S8 via Dex can emulate a PC. Your issues seem like a one-off. Most likely due to some combination of apps you have installed, something you've disabled or frozen, or a utility run amok (EG: Bixby re-mapper). Do you use SmartSwitch? Some apps don't like to be restored vs. installed fresh. As for USB-C I used it all day yesterday connected to a USB 3.0 port on my PC and regularly to connect my phone to Android Auto. The phone's performance never changed.
Here's how I configure my U.S. phones (it's not necessary on imports):
From a fresh restore from recovery I skip signing in to my Google and Samsung accounts.
I uninstall or disable all the carrier junk and any other apps I won't use.
I don't disable Samsung core apps because they're interdependent and can create problems and battery drain when they look for each other and they aren't there.
I sign in to my Samsung account and disable the syncs I don't use and then update all my pre-installed Samsung apps and download optional ones I use.
I sign in to my Google account and disable the syncs I don't use and quickly disable auto-update in the Play Store so I can control what's installed or updated.
Only after all my apps are in place do I start to play with the settings.
I backed up my AT&T S8+ to Samsung Cloud and only restored my apps, music, photos, documents, phone logs, and MMS history. Moving settings over is a crap shoot if something from the old phone incorrectly overlays something on the new phone. It's more time consuming to do it this way but (knock on wood) I've never had battery drain issues or any other funkiness with a new phone and I go through many. Good luck.
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I only have the AT&T bloatware installed. I also transferred the same apps from my s7 edge to my s8, so I doubt it's any extra apps I installed. Could me having a UFS 2.0 have an effect?
Coming from a Google Pixel, I'd say animations and general smoothness/responsiveness are definitely not up there.
It's not slower, it's just jerkier. I wish Samsung gave the same attention to software polishing as it does with hardware.
it's the bixby button remapper apps
mine was fine, then i installed one of those. then the phone was so sluggish and jerky when scrolling
disabled the remapper, and it's buttery smooth again
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it's the bixby button remapper apps
mine was fine, then i installed one of those. then the phone was so sluggish and jerky when scrolling
disabled the remapper, and it's buttery smooth again
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I actually never installed those remapper apps though...
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I actually never installed those remapper apps though...
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it must be something you have installed.
do you have any other apps showing in settings>accessibility>services?
Mine is smooth and fast. I disabled the bixby apk's, but only so I didn't accidentally hit the bixby button, not because there was lag or anything. I turn off all animations/etc in developer settings on all my phones since the animations seem pointless. Fastest phone I have had to date, with the Note 7 right there with it. The s7E also very fast. Now going back to my Note 4 - BIG difference in speed, the Note 4 felt sluggish as any 3 year old phone would in comparison.
Very smooth. As fast as iPhone 7 I have.
Try Factory Reset
Phone is awesomely quick even on power saving mode.
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I only have the AT&T bloatware installed. I also transferred the same apps from my s7 edge to my s8, so I doubt it's any extra apps I installed. Could me having a UFS 2.0 have an effect?
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I think this is your problem: some people reported issues when transferring programs and settings from one device to another using smart switch and claim all was well after resetting and installing everything fresh. I can't confirm it, since I didn't transfer anything from my old phone except phone book, but then I don't have any issues either.
I've been looking for a list of apps I could safely turn off or disable on my LG6 H873. I'm just not sure what is safe with out affecting my phone or maybe compromising the security of my phone? I'm completely new to this and very unsure could use the help.
I've checked around and can say really glad to be a part of the community. I sure to learn a great deal more here as I can see from roaming around in your halls... Some very smart people with great ideas. I'm hoping to learn from all of you and thanks for the spot. I hope to contribute the best I can.
you can Remove Bloatware without ROOT
You can remove all the bloatware without root.
This is 100% safe and you do not compromise any security of the device and also you get system updates. But careful while disabling the apps as some apps may make the system unstable. Google the app name before you disable.
1. Connect your phone (with USB debugging ON) to your computer.
2. Open ADB terminal and check your device connection.
3. Use ADB commands to uninstall the bloatware from your phone.
This method just disables the app for the current user and will not remove from the phone memory.
You will get OTA update as the system partition has not changed.
Follow the link for step-by-step with screenshots and detailed descriptions.
https://www.xda-developers.com/unins...t-root-access/
I tried and it worked. I removed all the Sprint bloatware from my LG G6.
Enjoy.
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I've been looking for a list of apps I could safely turn off or disable on my LG6 H873. I'm just not sure what is safe with out affecting my phone or maybe compromising the security of my phone? I'm completely new to this and very unsure could use the help.
I've checked around and can say really glad to be a part of the community. I sure to learn a great deal more here as I can see from roaming around in your halls... Some very smart people with great ideas. I'm hoping to learn from all of you and thanks for the spot. I hope to contribute the best I can.
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Thanks
Thank you for such a quick reply. This will be helpful. I've never done this before so hoping I don't screw up. But good to know I can do no real damage and set it back thru factory.
But what I was also wondering is what is safe to uninstall. I wish not to accidentally compromise the security of my phone, while still getting the rest off. I'm no where close to root material, which from what I understand gives me total control.
I've seen other lists of things that are safe to turn off for Samsung and others, but alas not for the LG6.
I would just feel better knowing that this can be turned off with no harm done.
Thanks again will definitely use this for when I am purging.
Appreciated
Silent Warrior
Silent Warrior said:
Thank you for such a quick reply. This will be helpful. I've never done this before so hoping I don't screw up. But good to know I can do no real damage and set it back thru factory.
But what I was also wondering is what is safe to uninstall. I wish not to accidentally compromise the security of my phone, while still getting the rest off. I'm no where close to root material, which from what I understand gives me total control.
I've seen other lists of things that are safe to turn off for Samsung and others, but alas not for the LG6.
I would just feel better knowing that this can be turned off with no harm done.
Thanks again will definitely use this for when I am purging.
Appreciated
Silent Warrior
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You can't harm the security unless you aren't on the latest firmware as that fixes the krack vulnerabilities. This device model hasn't seen root ever so you don't need to worry.