In Settings... General... Application manager... All you can disable a lot of the bloat that comes with the phone, freeing a good amount of RAM memory. Simply click on the app and then click Disable.
These are the apps I disabled; I focused on apps that were appearing in memory:
Accessories - Verizon accessories catalog
Amazon - Amazon widgets
Appstore - Amazon appstore
Caller Name ID - Verizon caller ID (paid service)
Clock Widget - Nice but takes valuable screen space
LG Intelligent Agent - No idea what this does
Life Square - LG life logging software
Life Square Log Manager
Music - LG music player; I use Google Play
Music - LG music widget
My InfoZone - some Verizon thing
NFL Mobile
Slacker - Music radio service
Slide Aside - Alternative task switcher, largely useless as implemented
Sync Service - Verizon sync service for Backup Assistance+ Contacts
Text Link - Allows you to take actions based on text in messages, such as add a calendar entry
Text Link Engine
Verizon Location Agent - Provides Verizon-specific web services API to web apps that want your location
Verizon Mobile Security - Verizon mobile malware protection
Verizon Tones - Verizon ring tones shop
Voice Mate - LG's attempt at Google Now / Siri
VZ Navigator - Verizon maps service (paid service)
I'm still trying to determine whether to disable the app called Vzw SMS Filter Service; does anyone know what it does?
Here's my free memory (upper left) after a reboot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
What's the obsession with RAM and this phone? Freeing up RAM was so Galaxy S one ago.
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Android hates free ram. Free ran is wasted let android handle it.
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I'm more happy about disabling worthless bloat
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shook187 said:
What's the obsession with RAM and this phone? Freeing up RAM was so Galaxy S one ago.
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It frees up memory for the apps and services that I'm interested in running. Why should I be running Verizon Location Services for the next year or two taking up 25mb of memory and forcing my apps into inactive state or worse flushing them from ram altogether? Makes no sense at all. I got this phone hoping I could run more stuff and keep Chrome active, and found that LG and Verizon had used up most of the extra memory capacity with junk I'm not interested in.
Ok rant over
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WPWoodJr said:
It frees up memory for the apps and services that I'm interested in running. Why should I be running Verizon Location Services for the next year or two taking up 25mb of memory and forcing my apps into inactive state or worse flushing them from ram altogether? Makes no sense at all. I got this phone hoping I could run more stuff and keep Chrome active, and found that LG and Verizon had used up most of the extra memory capacity with junk I'm not interested in.
Ok rant over
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I don't have this phone yet, so I can't say for sure, but can't you root, back up your stock ROM (to preserve your eligibility to receive future official otas), and then delete all the bloat you don't want?
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garywojdan81 said:
I don't have this phone yet, so I can't say for sure, but can't you root, back up your stock ROM (to preserve your eligibility to receive future official otas), and then delete all the bloat you don't want?
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Yes I believe you can. I haven't done root yet, this is an alternative way to reclaim RAM, that doesn't require root.
WPWoodJr said:
Yes I believe you can. I haven't done root yet, this is an alternative way to reclaim RAM, that doesn't require root.
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Sorry man, didn't catch that. I've been doing this so long that I can't even conceive of not wanting root asap.
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Lol gotta love the free ram is wasted ram crowd, go ask Zepp what he thinks about that
Disabling Sync Service causes Backup Assistant+ to crash several times a day.
I didn't enable Backup Assistant. Try disabling it in settings... General... backup assistant plus
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For me, backup assistant is the first thing to go after I root.
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You know what, i dont ever remember setting it up. Tech must have done so when I activated device at the store. I can't get rid of it or disable it. I guess rooting is the only way, but I'm holding off on root for now.
Thanks guys.
ozzyager said:
I'm more happy about disabling worthless bloat
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Not to mention, a lot of the worthless bloat has the 'receive boot completed' permission, which can make your phone take longer to startup. Disabling it gets rid of that.
(For the apps you want to keep but don't want starting up at boot, Xposed + BootManager works nicely)
4.0.4+ handles ram dynamically, hence the no need to clear your ram or run task killers.
x714x said:
4.0.4+ handles ram dynamically, hence the no need to clear your ram or run task killers.
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If the app has been disabled it never needs to be handled, cleared, or killed.
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It's odd, the LG Intelligent Agent still shows as being cached in RAM even though it's been disabled. And even when I Force stop it it's still in cache. Weird!
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What's your opinions on task managers? Advanced Task Killer the best? The built in one? Just curious what the general concensus was.
You don't need one, the phone does this plenty fine by itself
yoderk said:
You don't need one, the phone does this plenty fine by itself
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Not sure if this is indicative of me being too untrusting, but it seems that if I check either the built in task manager or Advanced task Killer, I always have about 30 apps running. I kill them and about 30 minutes later they are all running again. Apps that I don't or am not using (maps comes to mind).
According to Lifehacker in quite a few places (I can't post links because I'm new here, but search Google), they aren't worth your while. I use Watchdog to keep track of my CPU usage.
if you must.. use the one built in. Otherwise they are highly advised against. For that very same reason. You kill 30 apps and they come right back. Once in awhile I will check the built in task manager- its usually stays accurate maybe 1 or two apps running like xda or browser, but most of the time my apps behave.
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I use Autostarts.
It's not a task manager as it doesn't kill the app right away but it helps to disable the app from autostarting everytime.
Don't you wonder why is BLOOD AND GLORY running in the background when you haven't even opened it.
I hate games and apps doing background stuff when I don't need them.
LBE plus Autostarts is my combo.
LBE to disable access to apps from my personal data and autostarts to manage when apps should run.
Games should run when opened, not background data mining.
Silenus21 said:
I use Autostarts.
It's not a task manager as it doesn't kill the app right away but it helps to disable the app from autostarting everytime.
Don't you wonder why is BLOOD AND GLORY running in the background when you haven't even opened it.
I hate games and apps doing background stuff when I don't need them.
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I should look into Autostarts, I barely play that game maybe once a week so I usually freeze it after I am done playing. Lol
Same thing happens with a few other games...
That is the only thing I do not like is background games/apps that do not need to be running since I have yet to open nor plan to and are sitting there doing who knows what.
Was always looking for a "msconfig" type thing for android.
I like the built in one....i wouldn't use any other.
I just is the built in one.....mainly to kill fb if i don't back out. It rapes cpu when you aren't using it
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stalked_r/t said:
Not sure if this is indicative of me being too untrusting, but it seems that if I check either the built in task manager or Advanced task Killer, I always have about 30 apps running. I kill them and about 30 minutes later they are all running again. Apps that I don't or am not using (maps comes to mind).
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thats the way Android works. It doesnt mean those apps are actually running, it just means Android allocated memory for those apps but it will remove it if it needs that memory space. Dont kill it ... you're creating extra work because Android will just reallocate that memory space again.
nyydynasty said:
thats the way Android works. It doesnt mean those apps are actually running, it just means Android allocated memory for those apps but it will remove it if it needs that memory space. Dont kill it ... you're creating extra work because Android will just reallocate that memory space again.
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Ahhh. That makes more sense. Still a little new to android.
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I grabbed Autostarts and its awesome, had so many pointless events that I disabled.
This one in particular made no sense to me at all.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Now I can get the games I been wanting to play but always get triggered for no reason and run in the background like Blood and Gory & Tap Tap Revenge.
+1 for Autostarts. Been using it since my Captivate days. More than well worth the 99¢ I paid for it back when.
LiLChris06 said:
I grabbed Autostarts and its awesome, had so many pointless events that I disabled.
This one in particular made no sense to me at all.
Now I can get the games I been wanting to play but always get triggered for no reason and run in the background like Blood and Gory & Tap Tap Revenge.
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Wait I wouldn't be quick to judge these as useless. Autostarts lists all of the possible intents that the Android OS publishes. What you are seeing are lists of apps that are registered to receive certain intents. I like to imagine intents as flags that go up saying "hey something happened" and this lets apps know that something occurred.
I downloaded the app and read that com.google.googlenav.friend.reporting.LocationReportingIntentReceiver is registered to handle the action android.intent.action.BATTERY_LOW. What this is saying is that googlenav is registered to respond to the BATTERY_LOW flag. This could mean that the location reporting stops to save battery when the battery is low. Disabling this would mean that service will not stop and continue to report location.
This is only a guess as to how the locationreporting service works for googlenav but it's a great example of how Autostarts works and how you should be careful when using Autostarts.
Silenus21 said:
I use Autostarts.
It's not a task manager as it doesn't kill the app right away but it helps to disable the app from autostarting everytime.
Don't you wonder why is BLOOD AND GLORY running in the background when you haven't even opened it.
I hate games and apps doing background stuff when I don't need them.
LBE plus Autostarts is my combo.
LBE to disable access to apps from my personal data and autostarts to manage when apps should run.
Games should run when opened, not background data mining.
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Forgive my ignorance... But what is LBE?
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Sorry didn't see the thread.
Do a market search.
LBE Privacy guard.
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I second LBE Privacy Guard and Watchdog.. both great apps. LBE lets you decide what apps are allowed to do with your information and connections, so that even if one is running in the background, it can't accomplish anything you don't want it to. You can even choose whether an app is allowed to use cellular data, or just wifi. It's personally one of the most important apps on my phone, and it's never caused a problem with any of my 100+ apps.
Watchdog simply keeps an eye on all the running apps, and lets you know when one of them uses up more resources than you designate. It's basically the 'Gingerbread' version of task-killers, which are counter-productive with Gingerbread and newer versions of Android.
Android 2.3+ in itself does a great job managing apps in the foreground and background, but it's still reassuring to have an app keeping an eye on them just in case. Overall though, if you keep killing apps over & over, the OS just has to waste resources and battery life reloading them into the memory. Just because you see them running in the background doesn't mean they're actually active, just queued in case you decide to launch one.
Another great app for monitoring these apps is System Monitor. You can see exactly what apps are running in the background, as well as how much resources they're using. It even keeps a history (in the pro version) that lets you see your worst offenders over the last few hours/days/weeks etc.
zoso28 said:
I second LBE Privacy Guard and Watchdog.. both great apps. LBE lets you decide what apps are allowed to do with your information and connections, so that even if one is running in the background, it can't accomplish anything you don't want it to. You can even choose whether an app is allowed to use cellular data, or just wifi. It's personally one of the most important apps on my phone, and it's never caused a problem with any of my 100+ apps.
Watchdog simply keeps an eye on all the running apps, and lets you know when one of them uses up more resources than you designate. It's basically the 'Gingerbread' version of task-killers, which are counter-productive with Gingerbread and newer versions of Android.
Android 2.3+ in itself does a great job managing apps in the foreground and background, but it's still reassuring to have an app keeping an eye on them just in case. Overall though, if you keep killing apps over & over, the OS just has to waste resources and battery life reloading them into the memory. Just because you see them running in the background doesn't mean they're actually active, just queued in case you decide to launch one.
Another great app for monitoring these apps is System Monitor. You can see exactly what apps are running in the background, as well as how much resources they're using. It even keeps a history (in the pro version) that lets you see your worst offenders over the last few hours/days/weeks etc.
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Android already has built in system img mgmt. Configuring this does wonders on a device specific basis. I think common knowledge also indicates that mostly avoiding task killers might be preferred in most situations. For instance CM7 has a built in cache mgmt system. Others are available for use with Sammy ROM (Romtoolbox etc)
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Android already has built in system img mgmt. Configuring this does wonders on a device specific basis. I think common knowledge also indicates that mostly avoiding task killers might be preferred in most situations. For instance CM7 has a built in cache mgmt system. Others are available for use with Sammy ROM (Romtoolbox etc)
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Exactly...
I was getting some strange behaviour in CM9 after playing movies with MX player, and discovered that it could be resolved by forcing MX player to stop via the app settings menu. In the process I also discovered something I haven't seen before in any version of Android:
every single app on my touchpad had an active "force stop" button!
I realise that this does not necessarily mean they were running. However, it's the first time I've seen this and I'm curious as to the explanation. None of the apps had been manually started, and few of them are likely to have been started as a part of sync jobs etc.
Anyone know what's going on?
android opens up apps and stores them in the ram so when u click on them they open up faster. However there are some poorly developed apps that stay opened no matter what and hog memory.
staymunch said:
android opens up apps and stores them in the ram so when u click on them they open up faster. However there are some poorly developed apps that stay opened no matter what and hog memory.
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I may be misreading your post... are you saying android loads apps on its own volition and keeps them in RAM? Ie. even without the user starting them?
Let me clarify: all apps--even apps that were not started by me--had the "force stop" button active. Ie. they were all (apparently) pre-emptively loaded into memory. I didn't mean that I started all my apps one after the other and then discovered that they were still in RAM
I realise Android handles processes differently from Windows, but this is something I haven't seen with any froyo or gingerbread ROM. Hence my confusion
That's how android works (and linux), not just ICS. It "loads" apps to fill up it's ram so when you click on an app, it may not have to fully load it if it's already cached. Again, they are not "running", just cached. Unlike Windows, Linux uses all the RAM it can, as it's pointless to have say 500mb of ram free when it can fill that up with pre-loaded apps. This is exactly why task killers are a no-no, as when you kill apps, android sees that free RAM space and will just load those apps back, thus causing an endless cycle.
So basically, don't worry about it, let Android do its thing. The only reason you should ever "kill" or force close an app is if it's not responding.
Aight, I'll have to take your word for it... I was just baffled because I've never seen it in the other ROMS (ie. apps loaded before they were actually started by the user) Perhaps it's because there's more RAM to fill up on the touchpad, who knows.
sitlet said:
That's how android works (and linux), not just ICS. It "loads" apps to fill up it's ram so when you click on an app, it may not have to fully load it if it's already cached. Again, they are not "running", just cached. Unlike Windows, Linux uses all the RAM it can, as it's pointless to have say 500mb of ram free when it can fill that up with pre-loaded apps. This is exactly why task killers are a no-no, as when you kill apps, android sees that free RAM space and will just load those apps back, thus causing an endless cycle.
So basically, don't worry about it, let Android do its thing. The only reason you should ever "kill" or force close an app is if it's not responding.
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Uhm, not to be a jerk, but none of that is true.
stuffandcrap said:
Uhm, not to be a jerk, but none of that is true.
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umm not to be a jerk but umm yes it is. Now u go read!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6426198#post6426198
Ok, sorry, I wasn't trying to be mean, I just thought your post was very misleading.
So, I did read that link, and I still think you got the facts wrong.
First of all, managing memory in a way that you don't clean up after closed/idle processes is not the same as "pre-loading as many apps as it can to fill up the RAM"
So, a statement like this doesn't hold.
sitlet said:
as it's pointless to have say 500mb of ram free when it can fill that up with pre-loaded apps.
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No it's not. It would be pointless to go through the overhead of opening processes when they are not needed.
If you read again, you'll notice the article says "Android starts the process when any of the application's code needs to be executed", not "starts processes preemptively".
What Linux does is try to avoid deleting memory blocks unless they are required by a new process. If, as you said, it tried to keep RAM filled up at all times, the OS would be unusable.
Hope that makes sense.
It might also be important to note there is a difference between a service running, and the app running. For example Google Voice may have a service running to keep me updated regarding voicemails, but the app isn't running. In the running services I will see an entry for Google voice with an option to stop, but going to my apps and clicking force close on Google voice does not stop the service. I need to stop it from the running services menu, and if I do it pops right back. I see many services running, but I don't see many apps running, on mine.
As I understand it, apps will not resurrect themselves, but services will. I have also understood it that apps remain loaded in the RAM, after opened, but not of their own accord. RAM takes the same amount of battery full as it does empty. So clearing the app out of memory uses processor cycles, and then uses more to reopen the app later. The system is designed to operate at a certain capacity, and will free up RAM as needed. I have also heard experts say only poorly written apps stay running in the background unexpectedly. And that task killers should only be used for rouge apps.
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sitlet said:
That's how android works (and linux), not just ICS. It "loads" apps to fill up it's ram so when you click on an app, it may not have to fully load it if it's already cached. Again, they are not "running", just cached. Unlike Windows, Linux uses all the RAM it can, as it's pointless to have say 500mb of ram free when it can fill that up with pre-loaded apps. This is exactly why task killers are a no-no, as when you kill apps, android sees that free RAM space and will just load those apps back, thus causing an endless cycle.
So basically, don't worry about it, let Android do its thing. The only reason you should ever "kill" or force close an app is if it's not responding.
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Windows also caches RAM... According to my understanding Android doesn't do pre-caching like full desktop OSes do, rather it'll keep applications you've opened in memory as long as it can or until the OS feels it needs the RAM for some other operation.
Windows caching 3.6GB of my RAM
{
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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}
there is a setting in developer options to limit the amount of background apps you want running if you don't want them all running
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Here is a guide on how to prolong battery life of the G2. Some tips are general for all device, while others are more specific.
1. Disable bloat
What one would perceive as bloat varies from person to person. On my D802 I've disabled the following.
Chrome
Google Play Books
Google Play Magazines
Google Play Games
Google Search
Google+
Hangouts
LG GNSS
Life Suare
Life Square Log Manager
Slide aside
Voice Mate
VuTalk
IcemanF-22 has made a list for LS980 (Sprint version) (CREDIT GOES TO HIM/HER). His/her list is more thorough but some stuff are carrier specific and not available on the Open D802.
Taken from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521066
------Bloatware Froze------
Sprint Android Requirements 4.1-1
Sprint Connections Optimizer 1.4.601
Sprint ID 1.9.22
Sprint Installer
Sprint Worldwide 1.0
Sprint Zone 4.5.31
SprintExtensionProvider (Used by VVM)
Update Device 4.5.1.10 (Used in Software Updates: Update PRL, Update Profile, etc..)
------Bloatware Removed------
LGSystemSaver (Activates QuickView window if you have a QuickView case)
Voice Mate (LG "Siri")
Maluuba QVoice Interface 1.3.4q
QVoice Engine 4.1605.36624R (Required by Voice Mate)
QVoice Speech Pack 4.0100.33464
AAT 4.2.2
Answer Me 1.0 (Answers phone when put to ear) Thanks to: WhiteZero
App Updates 4.0.80
Camer test 1.0.14
CloudHub 1.20.12
ELTest 1.0
Favorite Contacts-Widget 4.1.4
GNSS-Air=Test 4.2.2..
GnssTest 1.2.3.22
Google Backup Transport 4.2.2-612687
Goolge Play Books 2.8.61
Google Play Magazines 2.0.0
Google Play Movies & TV 2.4.14
Google Play Music 5.0.1041J.689753
Google+ 3.6.0.44338848
Key Chain 4.22
LG Backup 4.0.20.2
LG GNSS-1.0
LG Intelligent Agent 0.6.1
LG MLT 2.4.7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2187920)
LG TTS+ 2.3.0.4-E2M1
LG VPN 2.6.1
LGATCMD-Service 4..80ZV7..
LGInstallService 4.0.70
LGSearchWidgetProivder 4.0.6
LGSetupWizard 4.3.019
Life Square 4.0.28
Life Square Log Manager 2.5.42
MirrorLink Cert Test - 80ZV7.1378543552
Mobile print 1.1.101
NextRadio1.0
Notebook 4.0.21
Pico TTS 1.0
Plug & Pop 4.2.16 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2460568)
POLARIS Office View 5.5.0.x
Qualcomm IZat 1.0
Shutdown Monitor 80ZV7
SmartShare-Beam 1.045
SmarShareProvider 1.0.14
Task Manager 4.0.15
Text Link 4.3.13
Text Link Engine 1.6.6
TextTranslator 4.1.10
The Little Prince 3.0.18
Update Center 4.0.60
Video Editor 4.0.70
Video Trim 4.0.19
VMWare Ready 1.3.2
VPNDialogs 4.2.2.L.80ZV7.1378543552
VUTalk 4.0.33
Widevine Keybox Test 80ZV7.1378543552
2. The Hidden Menu
There are a number of tweaks that can be done in the hidden menu. DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for anything you do to your device. The hidden menu is hidden for obvious reasons!
To enter it, type one of the following codes in the dialer:
3845#*801# (for T-Mobile variants)
3845#*803# (for AT&T and Canadian variants)
3845#*802# (for European variants)
3845#*800# (for At&T model)
The tweaks you can do here, are amongst others, changing Fast Dormancy mode and disabling LG MLT. You can also disable Temperature throttling which fixes camera lag and fixes lags in general but I would not recommend it. LG left it off for a reason, don't you think?.
What is Fast Dormancy mode? Read more about it here: http://www.androidnz.net/2012/06/at-your-own-risk-how-to-disable-fast.html
Basically if your carrier doesn't have it and your phone has it enabled, an unnecessary drain will occur (sometimes even keeping the phone awake which can be seen as wakelocks). If you have disabled it but your carrier has it on their network a battery drain will also occur, therefore consult your carrier whether they support Fast Dormancy Mode or not.
By default, it was "unknown" on my D802.
I disabled it by going into the hidden menu as stated above, and go into settings > FastDormancy. There you can change it to either Enabled or Disabled in accordance with the settings of your carrier.
- LG MLT
In the hidden menu, scroll down to LG MLT. Disable it by unchecking the "Enable" box. Reboot your device.
You will notice that you have more free ram and battery life will be improved a bit.
3. Disable Knock-on
This is the sad truth - one of the most beloved features of the phone is to double tap to wake it. But when you need more juice, it can be a good idea to disable it as it usually accounts for 7-10% of the battery drain. It's not a big deal if you are home or have a charger within reach, but disabling this awesome feature can actually give you about 1 hour extra of screen on time and the idle drain is noticable lower.
Disable this by going into settings > general > gestures and disable it by unchecking the box.
4. Force close Android system (may/may not work)
This tip is not widely known and doesn't work for everybody, but force closing the android system after each reboot can make the Android System consumption a good bit smaller. Do this by going into settings > general > apps > all > android system > force close. It will start up immediately after and it will not harm your phone.
5. Kill'em wakelocks!
I don't know who you are. But I will find you. And I will kill you.
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To find those pesky apps keeping your phone awake, download Better Battery Stats from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
And either GSam Battery Monitor from Google Play or Wakelock Detector from Google Play. It will show you what apps have been keeping your phone awake when you put it to sleep.
6. Disable location services from Google
To disable this, do the following: Apps > Google Settings > Location > uncheck Access location
You can also disable Android Device Manager for a bit extra juice.
7. Auto-sync only what you really, really need
Auto-Sync kills battery. Period. Make up your mind, do you really have to be notified whenever an email arrives, or can you wait until you have time to check for new e-mails? If you can, you can also save a bit of battery. Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and other apps that require you to be online at all times do kill battery as well. It can be managed a bit by installing
8. 2x Battery
Intelligently manages your internet connection by disabling it after you lock your device, and enables it for 2 minutes every 15 minutes to check for new messages and so on. The only downside is that there will be a delay receiving whatsapps and viber calls. This can be disabled easily if you are waiting for someone to call/message you. The app can be found on Google Play. I personally found a negligible increase in battery life using the application.
9. Remove Rogue Apps
Believe it or not - some apps can cause a battery drain even if you don't use them at all! Make sure you delete the apps you no longer use and if you notice a decrease in battery life after installing an app, try uninstalling it and see if the battery life is better.
A Note about Wakelock Detectors and Better Battery Stats in 4.4.2 KitKat
Chances are you have updated to 4.4 kitkat by now. The problem with KitKat is, that you are no longer able to see the details about what is draining your battery. Therefore you need to manually check for rogue apps (and that may occasionally require you to delete apps you like) and find better alternatives.
CarrierIQ - US CARRIERS ONLY
Want your carrier to earn money selling information about you? No, do you?
To disable this, do the following (Credits go to burningembers):
Install System Tuner from Google Play store.
Click the red System Android, click Android System, Details, then uncheck all 7 CarrierIQ related processes.
This list is not complete. If you have any additions, please post them here and I will update this thread!
The code 3845#*802# does not work on my international lg d802
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The code 3845#*802# does not work on my international lg d802
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That's the first time i hear about that issue, mate. It works perfectly for me.
R u sure System Tuner can disable CIQ on bone-stock device?
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R u sure System Tuner can disable CIQ on bone-stock device?
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I do personally have a stock, unrooted D802, but I've heard people having success in disabling CIQ that way. Would be awesome if someone could test it :good: In the thread where I found the guidelines people seemed to be able to do it.
I get connection problem or invalid MI code
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I get connection problem or invalid MI code
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Doing what, mate?
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Typing in the dialer code to disable mlt
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Typing in the dialer code to disable mlt
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3845#*801# is the code, right? Which carrier are you on? I see you are running CM11 on your G2 in your signature. This is only for stock
Oh, If I go back to stock and disable mlt, would it stay disabled once I flash back?
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There is no need nor is there any benefit to go back to stock only to disable mlt. It's LG only thing and you're on custom rom. You won't benefit from a big part of these tips
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Updated the thread.
How do I find out about fast dormancy for tmobile
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Some good tips , thanks.
I would also highly recommend LUX autobrightness app as this also saves battery. Stock LG autobrightness is abysmal. LUX sets it to how it should be out of the box.
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CarrierIQ - US CARRIERS ONLY
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Which US Carriers? I don't think Sprint uses CIQ.
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How do I find out about fast dormancy for tmobile
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Well, I would try to enable it, reboot, see if your phone drains fast, if it does, your carrier doesn't support it
Some people talking about it around on these forums too, but I haven't been able to use their methods, maybe it's cuz I'm in Denmark.
I forgot where, but you can probably find the thread if you search for fast dormancy they used some code: *#0011# to check for an rrc status if I remember correctly (doesn't do anything when I try to call that, even in WDCMA only mode). But try either of those two suggestions They said tmobile in Croatia didn't have fast dormancy.
Are people seeing a significant increase in battery life by following these tips? Sort of hesitant to go through with them all if I don't know for definite it's worthwhile.
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Are people seeing a significant increase in battery life by following these tips? Sort of hesitant to go through with them all if I don't know for definite it's worthwhile.
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Why? These tips are non-destructive and reversible, so if you do manage to mess something up, you can revert it to its default state.
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Are people seeing a significant increase in battery life by following these tips? Sort of hesitant to go through with them all if I don't know for definite it's worthwhile.
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I posted what worked for me. @robogo1982 is absolutely right:
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Why? These tips are non-destructive and reversible, so if you do manage to mess something up, you can revert it to its default state.
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Are people seeing a significant increase in battery life by following these tips? Sort of hesitant to go through with them all if I don't know for definite it's worthwhile.
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Even others spoon feed you, you still need to chew for yourself.
Some people are absolutely unbelievable!!!
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Today, above app was suddenly installed on my Note 4!
What purpose has this app and have more Note 4-users this app on his/her phone?
Can you check (please) in your app-manager (all files)?
henklbr said:
Today, above app was suddenly installed on my Note 4!
What purpose has this app and have more Note 4-users this app on his/her phone?
Can you check (please) in your app-manager (all files)?
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It's in the firmware already. There's a few apps like this pre installed
But why is it using data? I disabled facebook and have never used it yet this is running and according to data usage has also consumed 59MiB of background data!?
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But why is it using data? I disabled facebook and have never used it yet this is running and according to data usage has also consumed 59MiB of background data!?
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Just disable it...
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Just disable it...
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All options to do so are greyed out. It accumulates about 500KiB of storage and network data a day despite the actual app being disabled (and not once ever being launched ) the only thing I can do is clear the storage data.
This really bothers me.
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All options to do so are greyed out. It accumulates about 500KiB of storage and network data a day despite the actual app being disabled (and not once ever being launched ) the only thing I can do is clear the storage data.
This really bothers me.
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Seems you don't have root. But if you did then you'd have a few options eg uninstall, freeze. I can hear your frustration! Root!
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Seems you don't have root. But if you did then you'd have a few options eg uninstall, freeze. I can hear your frustration! Root!
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Correct; AFAIK the N910A Note 4 has yet to be rooted...
Thats what i did. Rooted and uninstalled along with other built in apps i dont use.
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Answer to facebook services on Andriod
I recently upgraded to the Galaxy S6, and wanted to remove any of the bloatware on the device. I disabled the FB app first, since I don't use it on any of my mobile devices. I then came across the com.facebook.appmanager and com.facebook.system applications listed under the application manager on the device. I first stopped and uninstalled the two apps, but I found that they both will update on their own over wi-fi once it's connected. I can't disable the two apps as that option is greyed out. I believe the answer to this is in the permissions of the appmanager stating that it may
1: Download files without notification
2: full network access
3: run at startup
Curiously after I have attempted to kill the app on any occasion that I'm using the device, I received an email from FB stating that they're sorry that I'm having trouble getting into my account. So, in conclusion, the apps must be gathering data (at least all configured email accounts) from the device and sending it to FB. Once FB identifies that an email address on the device matches an email account in their database, it sends the email. Looks like my next step is to root the device.
Galaxy S6 128 Gb on T-mobile
tried removing it using titanium backup
i tried removing this in my note 4 using titanium backup. sad to say it is making my auto rotate functionality unusable. it took me half day troubleshooting and identifying whats making auto rotate faulty. Why does Samsung loves bloatware? Its making me frustrated as i want to stay on touchwiz but it has so many bloatware. I dont want to go on other roms as majority of them are buggy. Does anybody know any solution with my problem? I dont want any freeze/disable solution pls.....
therussian87 said:
Thats what i did. Rooted and uninstalled along with other built in apps i dont use.
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ArixS said:
i tried removing this in my note 4 using titanium backup. sad to say it is making my auto rotate functionality unusable. it took me half day troubleshooting and identifying whats making auto rotate faulty. Why does Samsung loves bloatware? Its making me frustrated as i want to stay on touchwiz but it has so many bloatware. I dont want to go on other roms as majority of them are buggy. Does anybody know any solution with my problem? I dont want any freeze/disable solution pls.....
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I've heard about this before in a different thread. It's something to do with a lib that's in the app. Try renaming the apk to bak see if that works, might keep the lib
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Just disable it and you are done
Facebook wont self update anymore
And com.facebook.system
Same problem
I tried app called package disabler pro. There i searched for all com.facebook app/processes and disabled them. Now i dont see them any more in my process list in setting. The app costs littlebit but if it doesnt work, you can ask for you money back. It can also disable almost any bloatware.
henklbr said:
Today, above app was suddenly installed on my Note 4!
What purpose has this app and have more Note 4-users this app on his/her phone?
Can you check (please) in your app-manager (all files)?
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Hi,
If you're not rooted, just disable it. From my experience, it has something to do with Facebook auto update. I personally doesn't use the Facebook apk itself, I once disable it but it later come back with latest version installed. So you are fine to disable com.facebook.appmanager. However, if you're rooted, better not to uninstall these Facebook related services/apk. Again, from my experience, I might be WRONG, I once uninstall them completely, my air wake up (waking up the phone by hover over your proximity sensor) doesn't work anymore.
Conclusion: you can disable them just fine.
Hello folks. I'm experiencing pretty poor battery life on my T Mobile S6 Edge. The man culprit is Android OS. I didn't even make it to 8 hours today.
I have disabled wifi calling and voice over LTE. I've had the phone for 2 weeks so all the syncing should be done.
T mobile twitter support suggested a factory reset, does anyone think that'll help?
Thank you for the help.
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Are you rooted?
No, stock
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No, stock
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all the depend all your setting and what's app u installed, my battery now last me about 20hrs and around 4hrs on screen time before that only last half of that, i'm running stock rooted anyway.
koolboyztn said:
all the depend all your setting and what's app u installed, my battery now last me about 20hrs and around 4hrs on screen time before that only last half of that, i'm running stock rooted anyway.
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Thanks for your help, Do apps from the play store count as android OS? I thought they would have their own listing.
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Thanks for your help, Do apps from the play store count as android OS? I thought they would have their own listing.
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what u mean by "Do apps from the play store count as android OS"??? also try update the Samsung Push Service released yesterday, that's also fix or improved the battery life, I only turn on some stuff whenever I needed like Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC...etc that also help my battery last longer.
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what u mean by "Do apps from the play store count as android OS"??? also try update the Samsung Push Service released yesterday, that's also fix or improved the battery life, I only turn on some stuff whenever I needed like Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC...etc that also help my battery last longer.
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The largest use of my battery is listed as "Android OS" and I don't think any third party apps from the play store would be included in that.
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The largest use of my battery is listed as "Android OS" and I don't think any third party apps from the play store would be included in that.
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oh, i got it, the Android OS showing in your battery stats could caused by a lot of things, like sync, wifi, etc.....sorry I cant help you there.
I'm having the same issue on a less drastic scale though. Android OS is consuming 8-10% battery which I'm sure can turn into 1-130 hrs of SoT
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Same here too. Battery is pretty bad
Update Samsung push services and Google Play services
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I have heard this a few times, how do you update Google services..
also my Samsung push says it was updated on the 15th, I thought there was a newer update? am I wrong?
My biggest drain is the Google play services. I don't even have a lot of apps installed
Do you have the update installed?
I just did the update of Google play services yesterday and the one of Samsung push
a few days ago. Still shows play services at high position, but there is almost no drain in battery for me
apsis said:
Do you have the update installed?
I just did the update of Google play services yesterday and the one of Samsung push
a few days ago. Still shows play services at high position, but there is almost no drain in battery for me
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yes the update is installed. i have no idea what is making it happen
Anyone figure this out? I'm getting high system and os drain. I use a moto 360 some wondering if that's part of the system drain. I have play services updated and Samsung push service updated.
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Android OS isn't sucking up most of my battery for me. However, Google service is for some unknown reason.
Google services is usually down to Google location history & location mode in privacy settings.
Turn location mode to battery saver, and unless you rely on Google Cards for transit information turn off Google Location History
Your google services usage will drop exponentially and you will get better battery life.
This actually applies regardless of android device....
Where is battery saver location mode
Hey everyone. I started this thread with the major issues. I just wanted to let everyone know that I did a factory reset yesterday and I have spectacular results. The battery lasted all day.