Hi guys. I have been on android since 2011 and ever since I have been modding my phones and devices. One thing I found out is that when you pack your device full of goodies and games and apps, your device can start to get laggy and the battery drains faster.
As for the Galaxy tab 3 I saw that it gets quite laggy when some apps are installed....
Here's what I do to manage and Maintain my tab:
Battery life:
1.) The number 1 thing I do when I unbox and setup my device is install Battery Doctor.
-This app I found charges your device in a certain way to prolong battery survival and it does it in 3 steps.
-This app also has modes that you can turn on that you can customise to a setting of your desire.... it comes with 3 as standard. Extreme mode and super saving mode helps a lot when your not using it for a while.
- Lastly it has optional widgets that you can put on home screen that optimises the battery, cleans apps/cache.
2.) Another one that you may find as useful is MobileCare. This app has a battery saving mode, App manager and Task killer if your are looking at JUST battery. This app offers a much simpler way to reduce battery drainage from the click of a switch power saver mode is enabled.
Performance Enhancing Apps
So to have optimum performance without rooting your device or overclocking here is what I use:
1.) MobileCare - As well as battery saving there a few other tweaks it has that I didn't mention above....
-Game Speeder- this basically give you a choice of the app you wish to run and it will basically optimise the app/game for you so it runs as smooth as possible.
- It also has a built in Antivirus/Anti-theft feature which also speeds and improves performance if there are viruses or ads slowing you down.
- Task killer- this app basically kills all apps and processes so the ram is nice and fresh.....1gb RAM can get packed sometimes.
2.) Memory Booster- This apps really helps as well.
-It features a Quick boost mode when you just want free space and instant performance.
-It also shows proof of it working in the form of a monitor and a diagram showing ram before and after.
-This app also features its own task killer and a boost log.
-This app is really useful because it comes with some really nice small compact widgets that you can do the quick boost function and task killer from a simple tap on the home screen instead of actually opening the APP itself.
Please feel free to add on to this list....I wrote these because they were the most efficient in terms of being able to use them seemlessly.
This thread is ideal for those who havn't got root access and want to maintain their tab 3's.
I will upload links Shortly.
edit-----I know the Task Killer mentioned dosnt kill ALL the apps and processes. However the point of that app is to close all of apps and processes that wouldnt harm your system if they were closed, so you have you normal open apps that need to be closed and then some background apps and clears cache etc.
Not bad, but rooting is so easy and you get much more control.
dtaylorr said:
Not bad, but rooting is so easy and you get much more control.
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Yup.. But even after rooting... BAttery doctor really improves battery!
I use juice defender ultimate and du battery saver pro. Best battery saving app. The best contributor is lux auto brightness( paid version). Brightness is very crucial for saving battery. Ex. At night our tabs tend to be more brighter. You can even set the brightness for any light level your in.
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trazfer said:
I use juice defender ultimate and du battery saver pro. Best battery saving app. The best contributor is lux auto brightness( paid version). Brightness is very crucial for saving battery. Ex. At night our tabs tend to be more brighter. You can even set the brightness for any light level your in.
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LOL I totally forgot about that one. I liked that app for its quick features... most of it was paid though..
Task killers are useless and in fact do more harm than good. Android is quite good at managing its own memory and doesn't need the help. Task killers tend to stay in memory which defeats the purpose, and 99.9% of the time the tasks they kill automatically restart anyway. They are not at all necessary and should be avoided.
BretonGirl said:
Task killers are useless and in fact do more harm than good. Android is quite good at managing its own memory and doesn't need the help. Task killers tend to stay in memory which defeats the purpose, and 99.9% of the time the tasks they kill automatically restart anyway. They are not at all necessary and should be avoided.
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I do and also dont agree having task killer why? They dont kill every single app u wanted and thus free only 5MBs of ram. Most apps like Advance Task Killer do the job well but the app itself takes the memory which makes it a disadvantage having a third party app task killer but then they do free up memory very well. Until now I havent found an app which has very less ram consumption and frees up memory very well.
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Simple, already built in
Ironman38102 said:
I do and also dont agree having task killer why? They dont kill every single app u wanted and thus free only 5MBs of ram. Most apps like Advance Task Killer do the job well but the app itself takes the memory which makes it a disadvantage having a third party app task killer but then they do free up memory very well.Until now I havent found an app which has very less ram consumption and frees up memory very well.
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They already have a task killer/ram manager already built in.
Simply holding down the middle button brings up all your resent apps with the option to kill all on the right, and on the left an extension which shows among others a RAM Manager.
dtaylorr said:
They already have a task killer/ram manager already built in.
Simply holding down the middle button brings up all your resent apps with the option to kill all on the right, and on the left an extension which shows among others a RAM Manager.
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I do know that.
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so laggy
Hi guys, I just got the tab 3 8.0, and I like most part of it but the performance is seriously bad..I have restored ask my apps from Google server and while running apps and switching between them, I can't take all the lags it has. I just got it today so I can return it if I want but I'm wondering if rooting this device actually gains much performance improvements. I used to have a galaxy s2x, which has a similar if not worse spec than this tablet, and I don't know if I was running rooted version of touchwiz or not but the performance was pretty good. This tablet is much worse. A simple reboot fixes the lag but after a few hours, as I use it, I notice the stutters while using it. I just had a serious lag in Google plus app, it was stuttering so bad, but it came back to smooth after 5 seconds.
So installing the custom Rom available for tab 3 8.0 improve the performance significantly? I know there are not many ROMs for tab 3 8.0, so any user of this device just rooted the tab and tweak it themselves to gain performance improvements? Not just little bit, but a lot.
Thanks!
sw6lee said:
Hi guys, I just got the tab 3 8.0, and I like most part of it but the performance is seriously bad..I have restored ask my apps from Google server and while running apps and switching between them, I can't take all the lags it has. I just got it today so I can return it if I want but I'm wondering if rooting this device actually gains much performance improvements. I used to have a galaxy s2x, which has a similar if not worse spec than this tablet, and I don't know if I was running rooted version of touchwiz or not but the performance was pretty good. This tablet is much worse. A simple reboot fixes the lag but after a few hours, as I use it, I notice the stutters while using it. I just had a serious lag in Google plus app, it was stuttering so bad, but it came back to smooth after 5 seconds.
So installing the custom Rom available for tab 3 8.0 improve the performance significantly? I know there are not many ROMs for tab 3 8.0, so any user of this device just rooted the tab and tweak it themselves to gain performance improvements? Not just little bit, but a lot.
Thanks!
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Mine is not laggy in the slightest, in fact it's quite zippy. Instead of blaming the device, look at your apps. It's possible one of them is the culprit. If a reboot helps, it sounds like you have too much stuff loaded in memory. How much free space do you have?
I know what you guys mean...... I know they dont kill all the apps....BUT it still makes a difference.....even if it kills off 200mb of cache and apps.... It makes a dramatic improvement to performance if you are running on a a stock rom! Not all of the task killers work as effectively as eachother I admit but some apps are really good for a quick time boost
I'll chime in. I always read that task killers are useless, because Android inherently does a good job of managing memory or what not. I personally dislike Android's autokiller; the more RAM you have the more it will work non-obtrusively, but it generally has a tendency to kill apps I don't want killed, when they don't need to be killed, and it does nothing at times to kill apps I don't want running.
What I do is I use Minfree Manager (I run it manually on boot, I'm sure there's a file somewhere you can edit which makes the app unnecessary)) to tweak the auto-killer, such that it doesn't kill apps except when absolutely necessary. My previous phablet, I used ZDBox to kill non-whitelisted apps every time I turned the screen on (and I manually killed whitelisted apps when applicable). This worked well and I only have good things to say about ZDBox, the older version was very lightweight and easy to use. Unfortunately ZDBox's task killer is incompatible with the Galaxy Tab 3 (at least my T211).
Thus far with the T211 I have been using Super Manager to kill non-whitelisted apps (like Google Play Services, etc) on standby. I am not sure whether it kills them, it only claims to "clean memory." Yes, they all start back up and memory usage increases quickly once again relative to the blacklisted apps, but this still prevents these apps from running non-stop and accumulating RAM usage, and even if that is meaningless, it at least serves a purpose by flashing a note in my status bar every time I toggle my screen on and off, regarding how much free RAM I have and how many apps are running. Yes the service runs in memory constantly, but that can't possibly be causing a problem because everything is fairly speedy.
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Mine is not laggy in the slightest, in fact it's quite zippy. Instead of blaming the device, look at your apps. It's possible one of them is the culprit. If a reboot helps, it sounds like you have too much stuff loaded in memory. How much free space do you have?
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I know what that guy means though..... I was running stock rom with stock kernal on my 7.0 and it was fine until I started downloading apps for it....It got to a point where no matter how much I overclock to performance it would still lagg even when i closed all my apps.
However I downloaded a custom rom with all these tweaks and now im running those same apps I had before running as sweat as a nut without even overclocking.:silly:
Hi mate, you are using my ROM, right?
I just quote, so other users get to know RocketTab as well...
And I'm still working on further improvements...
My Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 runs great from stock, but since rooting and using arshull's kernel (latest release) with the addition of trickster mod app, I am getting super snappy performance! With the ability to tweak cpu and gpu settings and build.prop tweaks I couldn't be happier. Battery life is good and I am a heavy user and lag is nonexistent in games, even some of the heavy duty ones.
BtW, a big thanks to arshull for his development with the GTab 3 8.0, and this forum and all its contributors! :good:
sw6lee said:
Hi guys, I just got the tab 3 8.0, and I like most part of it but the performance is seriously bad..I have restored ask my apps from Google server and while running apps and switching between them, I can't take all the lags it has. I just got it today so I can return it if I want but I'm wondering if rooting this device actually gains much performance improvements. I used to have a galaxy s2x, which has a similar if not worse spec than this tablet, and I don't know if I was running rooted version of touchwiz or not but the performance was pretty good. This tablet is much worse. A simple reboot fixes the lag but after a few hours, as I use it, I notice the stutters while using it. I just had a serious lag in Google plus app, it was stuttering so bad, but it came back to smooth after 5 seconds.
So installing the custom Rom available for tab 3 8.0 improve the performance significantly? I know there are not many ROMs for tab 3 8.0, so any user of this device just rooted the tab and tweak it themselves to gain performance improvements? Not just little bit, but a lot.
Thanks!
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BretonGirl said:
Mine is not laggy in the slightest, in fact it's quite zippy. Instead of blaming the device, look at your apps. It's possible one of them is the culprit. If a reboot helps, it sounds like you have too much stuff loaded in memory. How much free space do you have?
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well keep in mind the 8.0 has an extra .50 of RAM. So that does effect the performance. I'm having the same issue. I have the S3 with 1.5 of RAM and never have any issues with lagging or apps running out of memory. Im wondering the same thing as the OP if a root would benefit this tablet in the way of performance.
If anyone has a 10.1 that they have rooted could you post any results or performance improvements that you saw from it?
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well keep in mind the 8.0 has an extra .50 of RAM. So that does effect the performance. I'm having the same issue. I have the S3 with 1.5 of RAM and never have any issues with lagging or apps running out of memory. Im wondering the same thing as the OP if a root would benefit this tablet in the way of performance.
If anyone has a 10.1 that they have rooted could you post any results or performance improvements that you saw from it?
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Same here really curious to know the results
Please give us the link of the specific app "from google play" and also please don't give ad.fly or something that makes us go to some advertisement first before going to the application place, Thanks.
Thanks for the guides.
Thanks . I will really help beginner to have keep an eye on their phone
You're a power user. Can the Moto X4 keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Moto X4. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.
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I used to be a supporter of the X4 but I am no longer. First - most phones allow the transfer of applications to the SD card. The X4 doesn't. Given that system files take up 28 of a 32 GB phone there is nothing left (even with all media files moved.) My apps won't even update anymore without my individually going through each app and deleting the cache. Second - latest Android update removed the ability to connect the phone to my PC. It's not even recognized as a USB device. These are real problems Moto. My phone is fairly new but beyond the return period otherwise I'd return it.
Overall, the development aspect of this phone has been lower than any phone I have ever owned. There is still some development and discussions in other sections for different Android builds, camera mods, etc but much, MUCH less than other phones.
That being said, despite the issue that ranros raised (which I also dislike), I am as please with this phone as I have been with any previous phone (if only I was able to root my old S5s...).
I've recently acquired the X4 and noticed the device trees are either very unreliable or straight up missing.. I was looking for Oreo & Pie trees to build with since there's Official builds but they either don't seem to exist or just a big pain to find
bcrichster said:
I've recently acquired the X4 and noticed the device trees are either very unreliable or straight up missing.. I was looking for Oreo & Pie trees to build with since there's Official builds but they either don't seem to exist or just a big pain to find
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May be you are searching for this
https://github.com/moto-SDM660
vkbhanwariya said:
May be you are searching for this
https://github.com/moto-SDM660
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Thank you, Sir. Much appreciated
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You're a power user. Can the Motorola One Power keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Motorola One Power. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.
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:good:
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not satisfied
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
You're a power user. Can the Motorola One Power keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Motorola One Power. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.
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With so many intelligent people around... (Proud to be a part of Xda for over a decade...
I feel, MotoOne Power being Android One (And Stock Android)
There would be a lot of scope but of course ~
Motorola One Power is always less secure than any other Android One device in the market, due to prolonged delays in security updates.
I think custom roms can provide latest security updates compared to stock let's see how Google Android one can give us updates.
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Motorola One Power is always less secure than any other Android One device in the market, due to prolonged delays in security updates.
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OMG!:laugh::laugh:
Noob spotted.
I think custom ROM will provide more functionality that the stock Android. We will get more battery backup and custom kernel can charge more faster
I highly appreciates developers for their great work
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You're a power user. Can the Motorola One Power keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Motorola One Power. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.
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Have a Lenovo P2a42 with custom rom installed, and bought MOP for Android One, but now I feel custom roms are better than Android one stock rom. I will reamain grateful to senior developers if they look for some custom rom development for our device.? Custom roms like AEX and pixel experience..
You're a power user. Can the Google Pixel 3 keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Google Pixel 3. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.
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Really, this is the first phone i have not had the need to load a custom ROM. they are all pretty much the same these days with features i do not personally use
BBobby said:
Really, this is the first phone i have not had the need to load a custom ROM. they are all pretty much the same these days with features i do not personally use
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Sometimes you need to use custom roms to get rid of the features you don't want to use.
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Realme 5 Pro performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Realme 5 Pro keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.
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Talking about multi tasking is kinda pointless because the default settings freeze apps that stay in the background for a while. You have to allow each app separately to stay in background. After doing that, multitasking is quite good even with 4 Gb variant.
i've found out that default INTELLIGENT POWER SAVER was too aggresive. It kills every apps that are standby in memory. It affecting battery drain too.
So i just turn off this option and battery drain got better. More apps stay in memory, no reload on my 4gb varian.
Open Settings > Battery > INTELLIGENT POWER SAVER (turn it off)
You could set which apps that always run in background with custom power saver. Don't overdo it as it makes ram consumption higher.
more than 1gb free from 4gb with more than dozen apps on ram. That's fine for me
WeNG11 said:
i've found out that default INTELLIGENT POWER SAVER was too aggresive. It kills every apps that are standby in memory. It affecting battery drain too.
So i just turn this option and battery drain got better. More apps stay in memory, no reload on my 4gb varian.
Open Settings > Battery > INTELLIGENT POWER SAVER (turn it off)
You could set which apps that always run in background with custom power saver. Don't overdo it as it makes ram consumption higher.
more than 1gb free from 4gb with more than dozen apps on ram. That's fine for me
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Thank you. That helps a lot. I wish the phone came with clean android. Unskinned. I really hate these communist android solutions.
greenys' said:
Thank you. That helps a lot. I wish the phone came with clean android. Unskinned. I really hate these communist android solutions.
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Glad it helps you.
colorOS is okay, fluidity, smothness was good. It consume more RAM than stock android, yes. It's par with miui from xiaomi.
Every custom android has it's pro and cons as with stock android. Little bit boring in my opinion.
WeNG11 said:
Glad it helps you.
colorOS is okay, fluidity, smothness was good. It consume more RAM than stock android, yes. It's par with miui from xiaomi.
Every custom android has it's pro and cons as with stock android. Little bit boring in my opinion.
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Indeed fluidity is awesome and the system is fast. My main concerns on Color OS are Gcam support, almost every app that I tried and worked on Pixel Experience rom didn't work here. The system manages notifications a seriously overcomplicated way, same goes for battery saver and apps. Pixel like android can be controller way more easily and didn't have to turn lots of features off in order to reach balanced performance and battery. Stock camera also rather bady including 48 mp. Open Camera and gcam makes awesome shots though.