Hello guys! I am new here. I am from India.
I recently bought Xolo A500. Pretty good phone.
I have a few questions on the hardware/software. Thought you people are the best in answering my queries.
Please refer the screenshot I have attacjed.
1) The tech spec says 512MB RAM. But in the android task manager, I found out that the actual RAM is around 342 MB.
>> Thats a whopping 33% loss in the spec and what is seen in the android task manager
What is the reason for this missing RAM?
2) And also if you notice of the 207MB being used, apps running currently on my android phone is around 50 MB (notice the part of blue color as shown by android task manager)
>> Thats around 25% of the available RAM less what is mentioned in 1
What other apps are running taking up 75% of the RAM?
3) This is the screenshot at phone bootup. I can show you that the RAM gets depleted so badly that after 2 days from bootup, the RAM used by apps other than what is mentioned is very high
Is this something wrong with my phone or everybody has noticed this?
Thanks a lot in advance!
That is normal. Actual RAM in hardware will differ from usable RAM because of the formatted capacity and because some of it is allocated to other things like the GPU. For example, my s3 has 2gb ram but actual usable is about 1.56gb.
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klin1344 said:
That is normal. Actual RAM in hardware will differ from usable RAM because of the formatted capacity and because some of it is allocated to other things like the GPU. For example, my s3 has 2gb ram but actual usable is about 1.56gb.
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I understood the hardware part. But how do you attribute the major chunk of ram in my second screenshot? You can see that the apps running (listed) are using meager amount of ram. Can you please have a look at it? What other apps are filling up the ram?
Thanks for your response.
The RAM not being used by your running apps is being used by the Android OS. Just like Windows requires RAM even while you're not running any programs.
Also, I forgot to originally add that some apps are cached so that they can be opened again quickly at a later time.
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jadwv2210 said:
The RAM not being used by your running apps is being used by the Android OS. Just like Windows requires RAM even while you're not running any programs.
Also, I forgot to originally add that some apps are cached so that they can be opened again quickly at a later time.
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So, basically, I end up with few 10's of MBs if I buy a phone with 512MB ram?! Isn't that much of a ram hogger apps?!
Is there any means I can get to know what those android apps are? Most of the apps I tried showed only what is shown in the android task manager.
I assume the phone in question originally came with an older Android OS like Gingerbread installed. Going back to older firmwares is one way to decrease the load on the system, but another way is to use TitaniumBackup to uninstall unessential apps like Google Now and weather widgets and the like. With such a small amount of RAM originally available though, you will unlikely be able to increase it by much on any firmware other than Gingerbread.
vivekn said:
Is this something wrong with my phone or everybody has noticed this?
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No, all is OK. Don't worry about the RAM usage. Android (and many other UNIX-based operating systems) is designed to try to use all the RAM available. Sounds crazy, I know, but in Android free-RAM means actually wasted-RAM.
Read this to learn more
jadwv2210 said:
I assume the phone in question originally came with an older Android OS like Gingerbread installed. Going back to older firmwares is one way to decrease the load on the system, but another way is to use TitaniumBackup to uninstall unessential apps like Google Now and weather widgets and the like. With such a small amount of RAM originally available though, you will unlikely be able to increase it by much on any firmware other than Gingerbread.
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It actually came with ICS 4.0.4. Not gingerbread.
RoberGalarga said:
No, all is OK. Don't worry about the RAM usage. Android (and many other UNIX-based operating systems) is designed to try to use all the RAM available. Sounds crazy, I know, but in Android free-RAM means actually wasted-RAM.
Read this to learn more
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But the foreground apps, like say, a game that I am playing requesting for more memory is getting killed abruptly. Foreground apps should be on priority. Right?
vivekn said:
But the foreground apps, like say, a game that I am playing requesting for more memory is getting killed abruptly. Foreground apps should be on priority. Right?
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Yes, but when it's killed? When you press Home and do anything else? (if so, this is normal).
There are different methods to free your RAM:
1. Use a task killer -> I recommend Clean master
then go Setting - Tasks then choose which apps you want them not to be ignored
(You can use app widget for one click kill)
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2. Root your device, then delete unimportant system apps -> I recommend Titanium backup (ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU DELETE ANYTHING)
3. Use Greenify [Root needed] (Use app widget for fast hibernation)
4. Use Startup manager
With these four steps together your can free your RAM to no less than 50%
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Yes, but when it's killed? When you press Home and do anything else? (if so, this is normal).
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I never press home. I always press back.
dark-shadow93 said:
There are different methods to free your RAM:
1. Use a task killer -> I recommend Clean master
then go Setting - Tasks then choose which apps you want them not to be ignored
(You can use app widget for one click kill)
2. Root your device, then delete unimportant system apps -> I recommend Titanium backup (ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU DELETE ANYTHING)
3. Use Greenify [Root needed] (Use app widget for fast hibernation)
4. Use Startup manager
With these four steps together your can free your RAM to no less than 50%
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The startup manager thing worked (a little bit)!!! Check out the screenshot.
The problem with the other way you have mentioned is it requires rooting. This is an Indian phone. I never got the stock rom (and dont ever think about the sources). If I root it, I am lost forever and the organization I work for requires unrooted phone to make sure that the exchange services work.
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The startup manager thing worked (a little bit)!!! Check out the screenshot.
The problem with the other way you have mentioned is it requires rooting. This is an Indian phone. I never got the stock rom (and dont ever think about the sources). If I root it, I am lost forever and the organization I work for requires unrooted phone to make sure that the exchange services work.
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Then you can use first method too!
good luck
dark-shadow93 said:
Then you can first method too!
good luck
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The problem with clean master is this:
1) The clean master app itself takes around 30mb which is too much considering my phone ram
2) It clears only cached background process (I am ok with the cached background process taking up free ram)
vivekn said:
The problem with clean master is this:
1) The clean master app itself takes around 30mb which is too much considering my phone ram
2) It clears only cached background process (I am ok with the cached background process taking up free ram)
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You can choose any running process you want to kill as I said before,
dark-shadow93 said:
then go Setting - Tasks then choose which apps you want them not to be ignored
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You can choose any running process you want to kill as I said before,
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Good news! After rooting my phone and trying out my luck online, I finally found out that mediaserver was the application eating my ram!
Below links helped me out.
https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-93326
http://freepine.blogspot.in/2010/02/analyze-memory-leak-of-android-native.html
Not sure if mediaserver itself or any other app making use of media server is filling up the ram.
Have any of you guys come across this problem?
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Just out of interested. I have like 545MB free with hardly anything open, is that okay?
564mb free when idle most of the time which is more than enough.
i got about 560MB free. i think its OK..
you can try removing services that are not being used or needed.
837mb (LightningROM 1.5)
DjLegolas said:
i got about 560MB free. i think its OK..
you can try removing services that are not being used or needed.
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What sort of things are running when youa re getting that? Live wallpaper?
anonymous572 said:
837mb (LightningROM 1.5)
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not possible thats the amount of RAM available after the Android System usage. Everyone has that. Using a system tool such as Android assistant to find the actual free RAM after all the background services , etc
unless i am wrong and lightening ROM is a miracle
xinfinityoO said:
not possible thats the amount of RAM available after the Android System usage. Everyone has that. Using a system tool such as Android assistant to find the actual free RAM after all the background services , etc
unless i am wrong and lightening ROM is a miracle
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My fault. This is a total RAM.
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/5963/sc20110622012606.jpg
610-615MB free, could get more but there is some programs that is running when in idle, VillainROM 1.4 "LITE"
347 MB free on stock KE5
About 540 RAM available. Got a problem with my browser though, it isn't RAM-related though. Something wrong with the browser in VillainROM 1.4
Can someone help me?
My wife and I both have X10's.
I'm running a custom rom and she is running the stock 2.2 (I believe it's 2.2, could be 2.1).
I tried to install an app on her phone and it said that she was out of space! She doesn't have a lot of apps on the phone, nor does she have a lot of junk on it....she has about 4 games, and not a lot else.
I rooted it and took off a few of the dumb things like Moxier mail and such but I couldn't see any way to see how much space she had and I can't figure out why she'd be out of space and I've downloaded a LOT more stuff than she has and I haven't gotten any warning....
Your wife is using stock 2.1 not 2.2 since its not out officially. There are lot of apps that can be removed from stock which i remember listed on a sticky thread (in app section u think) if you don't know what you are doing then id strongly suggest your wife to use erics Rom for 2.1
Its already fully optimized
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Link2sd off the market
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thanks guys....I'll look at erics Rom for 2.1
and also check out link2sd
If you don't mind me asking, which app were you trying to install?
I tried installing plants vs zombies and peggle but both said my phone didn't have enough space. I easily had enough space for the install... It's possible it might be referring to amount of available ram.
rpavich said:
Can someone help me?
My wife and I both have X10's.
I'm running a custom rom and she is running the stock 2.2 (I believe it's 2.2, could be 2.1).
I tried to install an app on her phone and it said that she was out of space! She doesn't have a lot of apps on the phone, nor does she have a lot of junk on it....she has about 4 games, and not a lot else.
I rooted it and took off a few of the dumb things like Moxier mail and such but I couldn't see any way to see how much space she had and I can't figure out why she'd be out of space and I've downloaded a LOT more stuff than she has and I haven't gotten any warning....
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You can also check the caches under each app and delete that. You be suprised how much memory apps take up.
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totalundone said:
If you don't mind me asking, which app were you trying to install?
I tried installing plants vs zombies and peggle but both said my phone didn't have enough space. I easily had enough space for the install... It's possible it might be referring to amount of available ram.
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Yes I also had that on 2.1. When I got enough space some apps still won't install because it thinks there is not enough space. After you've removed a lot of apps (that will free up memory) it gets installed. You could try installing with Flashtool the .apk, I think that that will work.
Neo said:
... id strongly suggest your wife to use erics Rom for 2.1
Its already fully optimized
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can you link to this rom? I don't know which one you are referring to.
rpavich said:
can you link to this rom? I don't know which one you are referring to.
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Look in the Android Development forum, you will find there the EWJET rom, that's what he means.
Goodluck!
PlayGunsta said:
Yes I also had that on 2.1. When I got enough space some apps still won't install because it thinks there is not enough space. After you've removed a lot of apps (that will free up memory) it gets installed. You could try installing with Flashtool the .apk, I think that that will work.
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Or move the apk to system/app and change permissons
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rtblittlebrown said:
Or move the apk to system/app and change permissons
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Also possible, but if you say that tell him also what permissions !
You've to cross the permissions like this:
x x /
x / /
x / /
just tell your wife to get rid of the justin bieber fart soundboards because they take up a lot of space.
what games does she have installed? plants vs zombies is rediculously HUGE.
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Also possible, but if you say that tell him also what permissions !
You've to cross the permissions like this:
x x /
x / /
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Oh sorry and thanks
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Angry birds also eats space and recent release of peggle ways in at 70mb before its even installed!
as above clear cached files ...inc browser caches if its storing to internal mem as opposed to sd card!
I use Diskusage from the market it shows all app data and sd card data along with their cache space used
DiskUsage provides a way to find files and directories on storage card which consume a lot of space.
Displays diagram with directories/subdirectories proportional to their size.
Press MENU for actions.
Integrates with OI FileManager and Astro.
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thanks for the good suggestions....I'm thinking about putting on erics rom...I just installed in on my phone and it flys....
Question: Since we have the same identical phone...could I take an Xrecovery back up on my phone...copy the file to her (soon to be) Xrecovery folder, and then recover her phone? that would save some time and hassle.
rpavich said:
thanks for the good suggestions....I'm thinking about putting on erics rom...I just installed in on my phone and it flys....
Question: Since we have the same identical phone...could I take an Xrecovery back up on my phone...copy the file to her (soon to be) Xrecovery folder, and then recover her phone? that would save some time and hassle.
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Yes. It will work.
rpavich said:
Can someone help me?
My wife and I both have X10's.
I'm running a custom rom and she is running the stock 2.2 (I believe it's 2.2, could be 2.1).
I tried to install an app on her phone and it said that she was out of space! She doesn't have a lot of apps on the phone, nor does she have a lot of junk on it....she has about 4 games, and not a lot else.
I rooted it and took off a few of the dumb things like Moxier mail and such but I couldn't see any way to see how much space she had and I can't figure out why she'd be out of space and I've downloaded a LOT more stuff than she has and I haven't gotten any warning....
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First thing:
Install Titanium backup *** root version from market.
Once you load it, it says how much space is left in every place of the phone.
4 games on a stock Froyo is quite a lot actually, rsrsrs, the stock rom is very BIG.
normal games may have 20MB or much more sometimes(like angry birds).
Yet the best would be to put a stable Froyo custom rom or eclair.
Womans(mine at least) doesn't want to much of the phone, just want it working, rsrsrs, so that would be enough for her.
She may have some app that is bloating the system space, google earth, some gps maybe?
Well,
I tried to take an Xrecovery back up of my phone and restore her phone....all went perfectly....except that her phone had my information on it such as the google account.
I put her google account info in and it wouldn't let me delete mine out of her phone.... so I was stuck.
So then I tried to do a factory restore and things went bad...no signal apn info....no keyboard....it was horrible.
I messed around and messed around and restored her phone to a MIUI rom that she previously had, but then I couldn't make calls...no apn information!
I tried to import apn information to her phone via an APN back up/restore but it didn't work....
So then I finally, I just put the stock rom on her phone this morning so she could get to work and I could start again tonight.....
arggggg....
I had a Galaxy Nexus from the time it launched until about a month ago. I switched to the RAZR Maxx and love the phone, but couldn't wait for ICS. Having gotten it today I have to say I'm once again super happy with my device!
Only downside? No Disable button on many of the Verizon/Motorola apps. One of the things I love most about ICS has been disabled by Verizon I wonder if it would be possible to re-enable the option, or would it just be better to use Titanium to backup/freeze? Really sad.
Anyone else really disliking this?
I know it's not a solution but can you hide the app in the app drawer. I too just got the maxx yesterday after straight trading my gnex for it.
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If you use Titanium Backup to convert the apps to user applications from the menu by long pressing the app, then you should have control over them again.
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hotleadsingerguy said:
I had a Galaxy Nexus from the time it launched until about a month ago. I switched to the RAZR Maxx and love the phone, but couldn't wait for ICS. Having gotten it today I have to say I'm once again super happy with my device!
Only downside? No Disable button on many of the Verizon/Motorola apps. One of the things I love most about ICS has been disabled by Verizon I wonder if it would be possible to re-enable the option, or would it just be better to use Titanium to backup/freeze? Really sad.
Anyone else really disliking this?
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What are you talking about? You can disable apps. I've been doing it easily all morning. You have to un-install the updates on the bloat apps you don't want then you can disable them. This will help you.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/2...ble-most-of-the-bloatware-in-ics-on-the-razr/
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evltwn72 said:
What are you talking about? You can disable apps. I've been doing it easily all morning. You have to un-install the updates on the bloat apps you don't want then you can disable them. This will help you.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/06/2...ble-most-of-the-bloatware-in-ics-on-the-razr/
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Fair enough. Go to Backup Assistant+ and give it a shot.
No retort needed.
All you need to do is uninstall updates, then disable will appear. I've been disabling all morning too...
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IP IHI II IL said:
All you need to do is uninstall updates, then disable will appear. I've been disabling all morning too...
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No. It won't.
I've disabled around 10-15, but there are a good 5-10 that I'd like to disable that I can't.
I've been in the Android modding scene for years...I know what I'm talking about.
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Fair enough. Go to Backup Assistant+ and give it a shot.
No retort needed.
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Okay I'll give you that one. But VCast, VZW Navigator, and most all the other bloat apps can be disabled.
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evltwn72 said:
Okay I'll give you that one. But VCast, VZW Navigator, and most all the other bloat apps can be disabled.
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Then I guess it's a good thing I never said that "None" of the apps have a disabled button, eh?
Currently I count 12 applications that I want to disable. Most for battery life, but some purely because they get in the way (I'd like to reduce the number of buttons in places and keep certain things from running in the background and consuming resources).
I guess, for now, the only option is Titanium Backup until someone finds a way of enabling the button on all apps.
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Then I guess it's a good thing I never said that "None" of the apps have a disabled button, eh?
Currently I count 12 applications that I want to disable. Most for battery life, but some purely because they get in the way (I'd like to reduce the number of buttons in places and keep certain things from running in the background and consuming resources).
I guess, for now, the only option is Titanium Backup until someone finds a way of enabling the button on all apps.
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It's better than not being able to disable any at all. Before on GB your only other option besides rooting and using Ti Backup was to hide them. Some is better than none I guess. Good luck. :fingers-crossed:
hotleadsingerguy said:
No. It won't.
I've disabled around 10-15, but there are a good 5-10 that I'd like to disable that I can't.
I've been in the Android modding scene for years...I know what I'm talking about.
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Why dont you list the ones that you arnt able to disable?
hotleadsingerguy said:
I had a Galaxy Nexus from the time it launched until about a month ago. I switched to the RAZR Maxx and love the phone, but couldn't wait for ICS. Having gotten it today I have to say I'm once again super happy with my device!
Only downside? No Disable button on many of the Verizon/Motorola apps. One of the things I love most about ICS has been disabled by Verizon I wonder if it would be possible to re-enable the option, or would it just be better to use Titanium to backup/freeze? Really sad.
Anyone else really disliking this?
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I have been able to disable any app I wanted. If it won't let you once you drag it to "app info" because "disable" doesn't pop up in the box, then uninstall updates for the app and then disable. This worked for all the apps I couldn't directly disable.
If you go to the app info, You should see "Force close" and "disable".
If it isn't there, then maybe wait for a newer version of ICS. Trust me, it is still there
Just want to know, what are the features that you love on ics but disabled in Verizon razr ics??
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stkiswr said:
I have been able to disable any app I wanted. If it won't let you once you drag it to "app info" because "disable" doesn't pop up in the box, then uninstall updates for the app and then disable. This worked for all the apps I couldn't directly disable.
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Read through the 1st page of the thead, you can't disable the Backup Assistant apps. That's what the OP was trying to disable. Some but not all apps can be disabled.
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Read through the 1st page of the thead, you can't disable the Backup Assistant apps. That's what the OP was trying to disable. Some but not all apps can be disabled.
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What's the problem w backup assistant? Just don't log into it. It won't use resources. How much more battery would it really give you. I have tried everything from full aokp to all the leaks and there isn't really a difference at all. Disable what you can. Don't log into what you can't. Use your phone and be happy.
stkiswr said:
What's the problem w backup assistant? Just don't log into it. It won't use resources. How much more battery would it really give you. I have tried everything from full aokp to all the leaks and there isn't really a difference at all. Disable what you can. Don't log into what you can't. Use your phone and be happy.
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I'd like to disable Backup Assistant too because even if you've never logged into it, it is always running in the background.
I can understand that but I think y'all are going a little overboard thinking you are going to notice a large difference. These are my attatched screen shots of running services for today and battery affected by them. Ba+ uses 3mb and doesn't even show up in battery usage as a real drain at all. Seems like your splitting hairs. If 3mb ram is really that important just use the 1 click root and freeze all with titanium.
I'm not talking **** so please dont misunderstand, it just seems like a lot of effort. Leave it alone and not logging into it won't hurt. I get 5-6 hours of screen on time on 4g. Solid benchmark scores. Great running phone and ba+ isn't even a concern.
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I've been in the Android modding scene for years...I know what I'm talking about.
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Then you should know how to freeze or uninstall bloat through Titanium Backup. I usually backup and freeze the bloat I don't want, then after testing I will delete said bloat with the ability to restore for upgrade if need be.
stkiswr said:
What's the problem w backup assistant? Just don't log into it. It won't use resources. How much more battery would it really give you. I have tried everything from full aokp to all the leaks and there isn't really a difference at all. Disable what you can. Don't log into what you can't. Use your phone and be happy.
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Who said there's a problem with it? I want to disable it...why does it matter my reasoning? The truth is, I just like running a clean ship. I like keeping minimal applications open and minimal processes running. It's not because I want to save a lot of battery or CPU, it's just that I want it to be easier to manage directly. I'm not sure why people are trying to dissuade this type of thinking...this forum exists for people that want to customize their devices.
buschris said:
Then you should know how to freeze or uninstall bloat through Titanium Backup. I usually backup and freeze the bloat I don't want, then after testing I will delete said bloat with the ability to restore for upgrade if need be.
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Ahh, you must not have read any of the posts on this topic (including the first one). I know exactly how to do it using Titanium (both by doing it through the app or switching them to User Apps and doing it through the system), but I was looking for an alternative way to do it natively. I'd rather do it natively because I like the easier management available through Android. A higher level of reading comprehension would have saved you the trouble of posting.
As for the "What apps do you want to remove?" question, here's a short list:
Apps (the verizon app)
Backup Assistant+ (all 5 of them)
Device Setup
DLNA
Downloads
Emergency Alerts
Face Unlock
Flickr Authenticator
Guided Tours
In Case of Emergency
Kaixin001 Authenticator
LastFM Authenticator
Mobile Hotspot
Motion Detector
MotoCast ID
Motorola Dock Service (and the helper service along with it)
My Files
My Gallery
My MotoCast
My Music
Orkut Authenticator
Photobucket Authenticator
Quickoffice
Smart Actions
Smart Actions FW
Social Location
Social Sharing
Vehicle Mode
Verizon Remote Diagnostics
Video Calling
Webtop
So, as you can see, it's more than 1 or 2 apps that I want to remove. None of them make a real impact on my battery life or CPU usage, but together they would free up a bit of both and make the phone just run cleaner (which I like). I've always done it through Titanium, but with my Nexus I was happy to be able to do *ANY* of it through the Android apps dialog. Verizon sticking their grubby fingers in there and removing that ability is an annoyance to me.
So I finally got around to messing with my phone, and decided to see what it could really do for battery life! I'll try and be specific as possible about all of the tweaks that I've performed, but feel free to ask any questions as well.
To start out, my phone is rooted and is the Verizon version. Throughout the 50 hours, I was a little more conservative with usage than usual, but not overly so. I also used Titanium Backup to freeze and uninstall system app and VZW bloatware. In addition, I used a utility called 2x Battery that automatically turns off my 4G data when I turn my screen off, but enables it every 15 mins to pull down notifications. I also utilized wifi at home and kept the brightness fairly low (which I didn't find to be an issue because the screen visibility on this monster is great IMO). Another thing that I did was uncheck the 'Wi-Fi & Mobile Network Location in the Location Access Menu.
First of all, here is some proof! 50 Hours, 14 Minutes - With 6% battery left
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The following are screenshots from the battery menu of the things that are taking the most battery. In order of how much battery they used, here they are:
Android System (33% battery usage)
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Cell Standby (15%)
Screen (12%)
Android OS (10)
Ok, so that is what the top usage on my phone, and I'd like to list out the settings I changed in Titanium Backup. I guess I'll give the generic warning that I'm not responsible for you messing with your phone, and you should make sure you know what you are doing so that you don't brick or ruin your device. That being said, I have seen very little or no negative effects of the items that are listed.
Frozen using Titanium Backup
Accessories 9
com.lge.mobilehotspot.ui 1.0
Email 6.1.3
Google Play Books
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Movies & TV
Google + 4.1.2.51968121
Help 4.3.012
Home Selector 3.0.029
LG VPN 2.6.1
Mobile Print 1.1.93
Music 4.2.5
My InfoZone 2.2.16
My Verizon Mobile 10.0.441
Sync Service 2.9.0.1.52
Text Link 4.3.11
Text Link Engine 1.6.2
Unified EULA 4.0.6
Unused Apps 1.00.00004
Verizon Hidden Menu 1.0.0.0505
VMWare Ready 1.3.2
VpnDialogs 4.2.2
VZW SMS Filter Service 1.2
VZWAPNService 8.0
Uninstalled (Through Titanium)
Car Home
Favorite Contacts Widget 4.1.3
Home Theme - Marshmallow
LGSetupWizard 4.3.002
Notebook 4.0.21
Picasa Uploader
Polaris Office
Richnote 4.0.19
Richnote Widget 4.0.5
Setup Wizard 1.3Setup Wizard 4.3.002
Slide Aside 4.0.10
TextTranslator 4.1.10
Wireless Storage 4.0.26
Backup Assistant+ Contacts
Life Square 4.0.28
Life Square Log Manager 2.5.42
So I would love to get some feedback as to how people think that we can continue to extend battery life on this already awesome flagship device! A few questions that I have:
Android System is using the most battery. What else can I safely disable to optimize this? Are there any that you see that I froze or removed that I shouldn't have?
Are there any other hacks that people think would be beneficial to try out?
What do you guys feel about disabling location services and/or auto-rotate?
Thanks for reading, good luck maxxing out your own battery!
Constrabus like! I've only seen up to 44 hours on my N4. Once on cm, you can pretty much guarantee at least almost 3 days with these settings.
Great sharing, I starred it for future reference, thanks
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Thank you for posting the list of apps frozen and uninstalled. That said I love slide aside and wifi storage. How do you not use those? :laugh:
To me I just don't see the reasoning behind Slide Aside. If I hold the home button it shows the passive running apps, and I just switch from there. But I haven't looked into it too much, what else do you like about it?
Also, how about the wireless storage, is that just an auto upload to your desktop? I use Dropbox to auto-backup my pics and videos, and music is backed up to Play Music. Most additional stuff like calendar or task list app are Auto backed to their own servers or Google's.
I'd love to hear more about the benefits of these apps, I'm always open to changing things up!
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Good job!
Nicely done.
For those that think you need root to accomplish great battery, I am on track to pass 33 hrs without root. Screen @ 40%
I've found the best way to increase my battery life is to turn of wifi & mobile network location, but that basically renders a variety of apps, including Google Now, useless.
I believe it. I been averaging 18hrs every day with mine but that is being used a good bit throughout that entire 18hrs. I usually keep my screen at 25% unless I'm outside and its really sunny. WiFi and all is off and I have quite a few uninstalled apps thru titanium.
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Just wanted to post this awesome battery life my phone has gotten after 4 charge cycles. This is better than my droid max I recently purchased. Anyone who says this phone has horrible battery life is either a liar or has a defective phone.
This is with 90% 4glte and brightness set to auto 75% baseline. Not turning anything off. I work a lot so screen time isn't that much but who really uses their phone for 6-8 hours a day? That a quarter of your life spent on a phone each day. Any ways great phone not much to complain about yet
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craigbailey1986 said:
Just wanted to post this awesome battery life my phone has gotten after 4 charge cycles. This is better than my droid max I recently purchased. Anyone who says this phone has horrible battery life is either a liar or has a defective phone.
This is with 90% 4glte and brightness set to auto 75% baseline. Not turning anything off. I work a lot so screen time isn't that much but who really uses their phone for 6-8 hours a day? That a quarter of your life spent on a phone each day. Any ways great phone not much to complain about yet
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Can someone explain freezing an app? Why wouldn't you uninstall it?
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o0adam0o said:
Can someone explain freezing an app? Why wouldn't you uninstall it?
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You can't uninstall system app's..
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triskropf97 said:
You can't uninstall system app's..
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You can, actually. If you use Titanium Backup, you can uninstall anything you want. You freeze apps in case uninstalling them breaks something, or it may be something you want to use in the future. A lot of the time, people will freeze an app and run it like that a few days. No issues? Uninstall the mofo.
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You can, actually. If you use Titanium Backup, you can uninstall anything you want. You freeze apps in case uninstalling them breaks something, or it may be something you want to use in the future. A lot of the time, people will freeze an app and run it like that a few days. No issues? Uninstall the mofo.
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Lol yes sorry I didn't clarify thanks for that.. I meant without rooting and without TiBu u can't
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I root uninstalled a lot of apps. Most were listed in the OP here. But I ran into 1 tiny little problem, that is causing me to factory reset and redo everything... I don't know what app it was that I uninstalled that causes this, but every time I would plug in a headphone jack or usb cable, it would show the animation at the bottom, but "pop and plug" (or "plug and pop", I forget) would force close. No other side-effects were noticed. Anyone have a clue what app uninstalled would cause this so nobody else makes the same mistake? I unfortunately did several apps simultaneously and did not notice the issue until much later.
drkow19 said:
I root uninstalled a lot of apps. Most were listed in the OP here. But I ran into 1 tiny little problem, that is causing me to factory reset and redo everything... I don't know what app it was that I uninstalled that causes this, but every time I would plug in a headphone jack or usb cable, it would show the animation at the bottom, but "pop and plug" (or "plug and pop", I forget) would force close. No other side-effects were noticed. Anyone have a clue what app uninstalled would cause this so nobody else makes the same mistake? I unfortunately did several apps simultaneously and did not notice the issue until much later.
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Plug in pop is just an app that launches short cuts of apps that would use headphones. If you dont want it or the F/C just use titanium to uninstall plug and pop
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Can someone explain freezing an app? Why wouldn't you uninstall it?
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Mainly because a lot of the times we freeze apps we think we don't need, and by freezing them if you find out later having that app frozen caused issues, you can simply defrost it rather than trying to locate and reinstall it.
I've not disabled as many apps as you, but I make heavy use of Greenify to hibernate apps I don't want running in the background.
I've been off-battery for seven hours. I spent about two hours streaming Jim Rome earlier in the day (I can only take about two hours of Romey) and playing with the browser for a bit over lunch. I am at 89% with an ETA of 39 hours until the battery dies.
Very, very impressed with this phone's power management.
I want someone to try and just leave the fone on standby without using it, possibly leaving it in Airplane mode lol
Hi all
Last night during surf XDA i found a useful app Servicely and on the basis of reviews i gave it a try.
I am currently using LG G2 D802 v30b running on stock lollipop and powered by Xceed kernel . And believe me it is the best app i found so far . Please go through the original link and don't forget to thanks dev. :highfive::highfive:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/root-servicely-installed-apps-services-t3076769
I think you all should give it a try
You changed any settings in the app or you kept everything default?
zizuka said:
You changed any settings in the app or you kept everything default?
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I add those apps in hit list which i don't use regularly or those which keep processing in background . That's all you need to do. This is the principle on which this app works.
i've never seen this before. i'll try thanks a lot.
reddsmokee said:
i've never seen this before. i'll try thanks a lot.
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App is too good . Be careful with internal processes running in background. For more info read the OP.
I don't get it. Isn't there already apps like Juice Defender that kill processes? What's the point of killing background processes when 1) they could malfunction or 2) they will respawn themselves?
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I don't get it. Isn't there already apps like Juice Defender that kill processes? What's the point of killing background processes when 1) they could malfunction or 2) they will respawn themselves?
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It is different because once it killed a process that could not be started until you open that again or run that again. Suppose that you put messenger in kill list , the moment you turn off the screen it will kill process and you wont able to get messages until you open that app.
Other apps like juice defender kill the process but device wakelock cycle will restart them after a particular interval of time.
Device malfunctioning is not possible until you kill system internal processes which are required to run android system.
For more info please read the original thread and get your answers . Almost every question you are curious to get answers are already asked by others . Just read ... The more you read the better you understand .:highfive::fingers-crossed:
rajkatiyar07 said:
It is different because once it killed a process that could not be started until you open that again or run that again. Suppose that you put messenger in kill list , the moment you turn off the screen it will kill process and you wont able to get messages until you open that app.
Other apps like juice defender kill the process but device wakelock cycle will restart them after a particular interval of time.
Device malfunctioning is not possible until you kill system internal processes which are required to run android system.
For more info please read the original thread and get your answers . Almost every question you are curious to get answers are already asked by others . Just read ... The more you read the better you understand .:highfive::fingers-crossed:
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And this isnt almost equal to greenify?
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proyatzu said:
And this isnt almost equal to greenify?
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Nope ! It is better in some ways . Like in greenify if you kill a system process the android system wake that after sometime (You cant kill google play services and many more others) and in Servicely it all happen in different way. Look i am not comparing both but Servicely is more aggressive. I was using paid version of greenify and now i am using free version of Servicely (Planning to pay now). And i found it more juice sever
rajkatiyar07 said:
Nope ! It is better in some ways . Like in greenify if you kill a system process the android system wake that after sometime (You cant kill google play services and many more others) and in Servicely it all happen in different way. Look i am not comparing both but Servicely is more aggressive. I was using paid version of greenify and now i am using free version of Servicely (Planning to pay now). And i found it more juice sever
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How does servicely wrok along with amplify and power nap? would i need to replace one of those for servicely or run it together
raptorddd said:
How does servicely wrok along with amplify and power nap? would i need to replace one of those for servicely or run it together
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Your call bro.. i unistalled everything before using this app to understand what it does and what it can alone .
Have you tried Shutspp with Doze? I've been a greenify for years and I tell you, Shutapp is doing something different. I'm only on my second week however my standby savings are amazing now.
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kolembo said:
Have you tried Shutspp with Doze? I've been a greenify for years and I tell you, Shutapp is doing something different. I'm only on my second week however my standby savings are amazing now.
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Never tried bud , i am very happy with servicely but i will test that app to after sometime
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[/url][/IMG] In RR with llama kernel and greenify
xGOGI said:
[/url][/IMG] In RR with llama kernel and greenify
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thats sot ? i get 5:32 min on cloudy and dorimanx default. i think had 10%left
ok so somewone can psot what proces can be killed on stock rom? standard apps that dont need?
Ginel said:
ok so somewone can psot what proces can be killed on stock rom? standard apps that dont need?
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yeah like the developer or someone that really understands and knows like a guide of what could we and dont disable...
Ginel said:
ok so somewone can psot what proces can be killed on stock rom? standard apps that dont need?
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You can kill every process , and i really mean it when i say every . But i would like to suggest you to not mess up with android system processes if you don't know how they contributing in internal process . that can be drive your device nuts
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thats sot ? i get 5:32 min on cloudy and dorimanx default. i think had 10%left
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I think i would touch 6 hours SOT , wifi is all time on and done a lot of photography stuff .
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thats sot ? i get 5:32 min on cloudy and dorimanx default. i think had 10%left
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I have Wi-Fi and mobile data all time on. In cloudy I have 4h sot.