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I know of chrome and opera, but do any other android browser have the data compression feature like these two?
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I know of chrome and opera, but do any other android browser have the data compression feature like these two?
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UC browser.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.UCMobile.intl&hl=sr
Mini version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uc.browser.en&hl=sr
I've learned that puffin does as well.
I wonder if there are any others besides these 4 already mentioned
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here is some info I've read about in another topic
There is NO option to use data compression and adblocking at the same time in ANY browser. If you are worried about losing out on any potential data savings because you are not using a browser with data compression... don't be. If you compare the difference in data used if using an adblocker or instead using data compression you will ALWAYS use less data when using an adblocker. Couple weeks ago did a test and recently posted a comment with screenshot here: http://www.androidauthority.com/red...pression-in-chrome-630064/#comment-2168676490 (from bad_attitude)
I'm a long time user of Greenify in android 5.1.1. I recently moved to marshmallow 6.0.1 and while learning about it discovered it has its own improved memory handling when the display is off. So, should I still use Greenify in my rooted 6.0.1 phone? Does Greenify add anything in marshmallow or can I do without it? Can someone help me understand?
Thank you.
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I'm a long time user of Greenify in android 5.1.1. I recently moved to marshmallow 6.0.1 and while learning about it discovered it has its own improved memory handling when the display is off. So, should I still use Greenify in my rooted 6.0.1 phone? Does Greenify add anything in marshmallow or can I do without it? Can someone help me understand?
Thank you.
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Yes - but you will need the Xposed build to enable 'Doze on the go' which fixes a serious flaw in Android 6.x significant motion sensor management. Without that tweak (either via Greenify or another app/method) device will be slow to enter doze/sleep and easily woken by the slightest movement.
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Yes - but you will need the Xposed build to enable 'Doze on the go' which fixes a serious flaw in Android 6.x significant motion sensor management. Without that tweak (either via Greenify or another app/method) device will be slow to enter doze/sleep and easily woken by the slightest movement.
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Thanks Davey126.
I already use xposed in LP but it sounds like I should perhaps just go back to 5.1.1 which works fine for me. I moved to marshmallow on a whim which now sounds like a mistake.
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Thanks Davey126.
I already use xposed in LP but it sounds like I should perhaps just go back to 5.1.1 which works fine for me. I moved to marshmallow on a whim which now sounds like a mistake.
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Not at all! The native power and resource capabilities of Android 6 far exceed those of 5.1.1. The default memory footprint is significantly smaller which can prove beneficial on devices with limited resources. I spend much less time 'tuning' Marshmallow based ROMs and regularly acheive performance and drain rates that rival the top 20% of those reported in public forums with near stock settings. That's hard to accomplish on Lollipop without a time/effort investment. Call me crazy but I prefer to use my devices vs manage them.
OK, I'll work with it. I have 2 nexus 5 s.
The 5.1.1 is on a rooted nexus 5 with xposed, xprivacy, Gravitybox installed plus afwall, Greenify, etc installed and it works fine. It's the one I use all the time.
The 6.0.1 is on another rooted nexus 5 also with xposed, xprivacy, Gravitybox installed plus afwall and Greenify. I use this one to experiment with. If 6.0.1 finally works well on this one, I'll move my working nexus to 6.0.1. But So far I've run afoul of marshmallow's new (to me) "overlay permissions" which limited access to storage on some apps until I disabled it on some apps. Ugh! That's why I thought of just sticking with 5.1.1 which is running smoothly. (I can just use it instead of learning 6.0.1.....)
So you suggest that on the 6.0.1 I should use doze?
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So you suggest that on the 6.0.1 I should use doze?
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Doze use is not an option on Android 6+ unless overt steps are taken to disable it. Don't bother with the aggressive or shallow varients; neither yield significant benefits in most use cases while increasing side effects. I do encourage the use of 'Doze on the go' functionality in Greenify (or equivalent functionality via another app or system setting) for reasons previously identified. This is the default setting on Android 7+. Resist the temptation to tweak doze settings outside what is offered via the UI. Defaults work fine.
Thank you. Will do.
After I learn my way around the changes in marshmallow, do you have a suggestion for a stable more advanced rom to try on a nexus 5 that would be better?
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Thank you. Will do.
After I learn my way around the changes in marshmallow, do you have a suggestion for a stable more advanced rom to try on a nexus 5 that would be better?
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Stock Marshmallow ROM is more than adequate. Being a near AOSP clone it is especially suitable for Xposed which offers copious customizations (although none are needed).
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/turn-your-lg-v30-into-google-pixel-2-0180558/
Read this article, sounds very interesting. Making a lot of the Google apps default, like installing the Pixel 2 Launcher, Google Phone, Google Messages, Google Calendar, etc...
Does this really work as smooth and good as intended ?
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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/turn-your-lg-v30-into-google-pixel-2-0180558/
Read this article, sounds very interesting. Making a lot of the Google apps default, like installing the Pixel 2 Launcher, Google Phone, Google Messages, Google Calendar, etc...
Does this really work as smooth and good as intended ?
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I like the first paragraph...
The LG V30 is an amazing device that will contend for best smartphone of 2017. It has all the major features you'd expect from a high-end flagship, and it even includes what's become a rare commodity these days — a headphone jack.
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I also agree with their suggestions about
* Google calendar should be default calendar instead of LG calendar, and
* that Always On Display should be activated in Settings. Not sure why AOD is not on by default (according to the article)?
Good article. I've already done most of the work to get my phones to a more original flavor in some regards. I haven't done the pixel launcher yet as I'm already using the Google Now launcher off of the Play Store. Haven't seen much in the newer launcher to make me jump on something I'd have to nanny to stay on top of. I've been using retro clock and calendar for years and it'll automatically launch Google clock and calendar if you have them on your phone when you click their respective parts on the widget. (Or I might have set that up years ago and it has just floated over automatically since then.) Overall, I prefer the V30 camera app over the GCAM port though except for a few odd use cases.
Can you confirm that all these apps and apks work well without any bugs on v30? There are no lags, performing issues, etc.? I personally would love to follow all the steps in that article, yet I always worry about affecting the well optimization performance of the phone by changing core apps such as dialer ör messages
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I've done it, and I'm about to do it again. (I exchanged my phone yesterday due to a screen issue.)
Except I loaded Nova, and sideloaded the "Nova Google Companion" for Google Now integration.
The Google Dialer is weird -- it's legit up front, when dialing the call, or searching through frequent contacts, etc., but once the call is placed, it reverts the LG's green "call in progress" screen/layout.
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Can you confirm that all these apps and apks work well without any bugs on v30? There are no lags, performing issues, etc.? I personally would love to follow all the steps in that article, yet I always worry about affecting the well optimization performance of the phone by changing core apps such as dialer ör messages
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I am currently using the homescreen setup but with nova for more customization. The dialer (make sure you make it the default under settings/apps/configure apps). Contacts, calendar, and the camera as a backup to the LG cam. I use Textra and Swiftkey otherwise since I like the functionality/theming better than the Google options. No bugs to be found anywhere.
I did all of this as soon as I got the phone, last Saturday. The only one I don't is the 'Now Listening' feature. Unless someone can get that integrated in I'm not downloading Shazam. Everything seems to work fine for me.
I did it, except using Nova. Everything is great. I don't have the LG call screen, Nay. Did you set it as default?
I already had most of the list done except for the camera and dialer. With the dialer everything worked flawlessly and did not get the LG call screen. However I did get a Google Play Services login error notification that no matter what I did never went away. So I uninstalled the dialer and the notification was gone. That aside this guide is ok!
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For the dialer. You will have to use version 7.0 for the full features to work.
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For the dialer. You will have to use version 7.0 for the full features to work.
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Do you have a link ?
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Do you have a link ?
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This is the last version of the dialer where all the features work such as nearby place search:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...-7-0-140861421-nonnexus-android-apk-download/
Settings/Developer Options/tick on "Force GPU Rendering" should make the beast smoother faster. if root available try L Speed/Entropy/fstrim apps found on Play Store! If LG G6 gets Android 7.1.2 , the performance should improve smoother over Android 7.0 just like the LG V30 is incredibly smooth and fast due to SD 835. Android Oreo 8.0 should have faster boot times on powering up. LG flagships gets Oreo by the end of this year (November or December). If your LG V30 / LG G6 is unlocked and , you must install EAS equipped custom kernel! The CPU scaling behavior changes with governors. Just like Google Pixel might be the 1st phone with EAS Kernel, this is why Google Pixel very smooth UI. LG V30 stock kernel is incredibly smooth already! But EAS kernel in the future when XDA devs adds it to the LG V30 / LG G6, should the CPU be cooler in temperature.
So why the need to install some launchers? LG UX 6.0+ is smoother than TouchWiz and better than plain and boring stock Android.
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I did it, except using Nova. Everything is great. I don't have the LG call screen, Nay. Did you set it as default?
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That was my problem. Except now I've lost the video calling icon. I'm on Verizon. I guess it was built in to the LG Dialer? Not a big loss since I rarely video call and can use Hangouts or Duo, but still, it'd be nice to get that back.
Why I just can't read an article https://www.xda-developers.com/note-8-real-world-performance-analysis? It always gives me 503 error.
Does it for anyone or just me?
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Why I just can't read an article https://www.xda-developers.com/note-8-real-world-performance-analysis? It always gives me 503 error.
Does it for anyone or just me?
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It works fine for me
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So a thought popped into my head when I went to switch wallpapers the other day to one that's mostly black with bright white spotlight in it. I looked at it and thought that if anything is going to burn into the screen, it'll be that..... as I realize that I'm sitting there looking at it popping up behind.... the Google search bar in the Google Now launcher. Since it is built into this older launcher, you can't change anything about the bar like the one for the stand alone app's search bar. Can you change the color of the one in the Pixel launcher?
See photo to see how much power it is using up. Anyone else? Is this normal?
Can anyone recommend a browser with low power usage and supports website notifications?
tboy2000 said:
See photo to see how much power it is using up. Anyone else? Is this normal?
Can anyone recommend a browser with low power usage and supports website notifications?
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Had same problem. Crazy drain with chrome.
Wondering if it's not because I have a lot of favorite and data..
I disabled chrome and installed Samsung browser.. Very good browser and battery friendly. I'm trying also via browser. Nice one too...
If you want to stay on chrome you can also delete cache and data and watch if battery consumption is better.
At the end of the day Chrome is a bulky browser
I'd use Via browser. Its plenty fast and has it's own built in Ad blocker, plus you get access to some customization of the homepage
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I'd use Via browser. Its plenty fast and has it's own built in Ad blocker, plus you get access to some customization of the homepage
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Totally agree ?
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See photo to see how much power it is using up. Anyone else? Is this normal?
Can anyone recommend a browser with low power usage and supports website notifications?
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Chrome app on Android is using up over 20% battery without using. Have tried Force Stop but it keeps starting up anyway. Would like to DISABLE because it will not uninstall, but it says on Android Web View that it is Chrome-based. Will everything work OK if I Disable Chrome only on my Android?
Disabled chrome, went to kiwi browser.
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Disabled chrome, went to kiwi browser.
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kiwi is chrome lol. It is based on chrome and slightly modified. I used it for a few weeks and the drain is the same.
I used to access instagram via chrome it used to suck 1100mah/h. now i use the app again and chrome only for normal browsing. It is about 700mah/h.
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kiwi is chrome lol. It is based on chrome and slightly modified. I used it for a few weeks and the drain is the same.
I used to access instagram via chrome it used to suck 1100mah/h. now i use the app again and chrome only for normal browsing. It is about 700mah/h.
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Not sure why you have such high drain. Kiwi never uses that much for me.
I use brave browser, no battery drain that I can tell, well outside of my actively using it. I don't know if it is higher than if I used another browser though
I turned off the background running setting on it, via the launcher setting in the battery settings and turning it to manual and disable running in background/auto launch/etc
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Not sure why you have such high drain. Kiwi never uses that much for me.
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how much does it use per hour? It highly depends on what websites you visit though. as i said, i used to brows instagram on chrome including watching stories etc. Nowadays its mostly news, xda and an imageboard with pics and videos. thats probably why my chrome drain per hour is above average.
Firefox works perfect for me, never uses more than 400 mAh. I enabled only auto-launch while secondary launch and run in background are disabled. With this combination auto-sync and opening links from other apps work fine.
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how much does it use per hour? It highly depends on what websites you visit though. as i said, i used to brows instagram on chrome including watching stories etc. Nowadays its mostly news, xda and an imageboard with pics and videos. thats probably why my chrome drain per hour is above average.
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Maybe 250ma. I use it when browsing the Google app for links.
Try oh browser.
Very light powerful and battery friendly.
Found it on xda and it's on playstore
I use Microsoft edge. Has built in ad blocker too and send page to pc, direct in the nav bar. Perfect!
I have a Pixel 2 XL with Android 9 Pie. I'm wondering is there still a benefit to using Greenify with all the battery management functionality built into 9?
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I have a Pixel 2 XL with Android 9 Pie. I'm wondering is there still a benefit to using Greenify with all the battery management functionality built into 9?
Thanks,
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My personal recommendation is 'no'. Usually it is recommended when you have some app which runs riot in the background and there is no other way to control it. I find the implementation of Doze in Pie to be impressive and my suit of apps don't have any misbehaving app.
Thanks for the reply. Is the best way to check for rogue apps to just check the battery usage stats in settings?
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Thanks for the reply. Is the best way to check for rogue apps to just check the battery usage stats in settings?
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It is one of the ways to check for the actors in the drain scenario. A deeper analysis will require something like BetterBatteryStats from PlayStore.
I have an issue on pie if i wake up my device after 2 to 3 hrs it works like snail until i reboot my device. I dont think its memory issue as the ram us 4gb onboard and after wakup i checked it was around 1.8gb free. Please provide workaround.
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papuruth said:
Please provide workaround.
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Workaround: don't use Greenify; problem solved.
papuruth said:
I have an issue on pie if i wake up my device after 2 to 3 hrs it works like snail until i reboot my device. I dont think its memory issue as the ram us 4gb onboard and after wakup i checked it was around 1.8gb free. Please provide workaround.
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If you read the posts above yours, you will understand the comment of Davey126. Already Doze is near perfect in Pie and adding Greenify to the pot and further restricting apps through it, is likely to cause the behaviour that you are complaining of.
If you must still use Greenify, reduce the number of apps controlled by it to the minimum (only those definitely identified as rogues).
I stopped installing Greenify in 8.1, theres literally no point the memory management has evolved to a point now where its just adding complexity/cycles and RAM usage and acting in the reverse of your best interests - the opposite of what it used to do.
It was great in the past, but now its surplus to demands
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I stopped installing Greenify in 8.1, theres literally no point the memory management has evolved to a point now where its just adding complexity/cycles and RAM usage and acting in the reverse of your best interests - the opposite of what it used to do.
It was great in the past, but now its surplus to demands
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While I concur with most of your statements (including adding potentially unnecessary complexity) I have yet to experience significant resource loading attributable to Greenify. It resides on most my gizmos and serves as an overt check on apps that remain within the bounds of doze but exhibit behaviors that I find undesirable and/or consume unwanted cycles. The offenses are far more reserved than in the past but still annoying. That said, Greenify is clearly not needed on the vast majority of consumer devices running Android 7+.
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While I concur with most of your statements (including adding potentially unnecessary complexity) I have yet to experience significant resource loading attributable to Greenify. It resides on most my gizmos and serves as an overt check on apps that remain within the bounds of doze but exhibit behaviors that I find undesirable and/or consume unwanted cycles. The offenses are far more reserved than in the past but still annoying. That said, Greenify is clearly not needed on the vast majority of consumer devices running Android 7+.
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i guess the thing overlooked now that process/memory management is much better is that its kind of insane to be installing Greenify, and then having to exclude it from that process/memory management, so that it can do arguably a slightly worse job.....bit mad, and not the fault of Greenify, its users not using it properly (but its had that problem since it launched - people greenifying everything for example lol). Also not its fault is that people have gotten so used to installing it with every ROM flash, so its a learned habit, and they never try a ROM without it installed, so they never figure out they dont necessarily need it...
Im not trying to rubbish Greenify in any way at all, it was probably the first utility app i ever purchased right back when it first came out, and it did save my (and a millionty) other peoples bacon for years....i never regretted buying it, and thats not always been the case with utility app purchases...most have been next to useless!
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i guess the thing overlooked now that process/memory management is much better is that its kind of insane to be installing Greenify, and then having to exclude it from that process/memory management, so that it can do arguably a slightly worse job.....bit mad, and not the fault of Greenify, its users not using it properly (but its had that problem since it launched - people greenifying everything for example lol). Also not its fault is that people have gotten so used to installing it with every ROM flash, so its a learned habit, and they never try a ROM without it installed, so they never figure out they dont necessarily need it...
Im not trying to rubbish Greenify in any way at all, it was probably the first utility app i ever purchased right back when it first came out, and it did save my (and a millionty) other peoples bacon for years....i never regretted buying it, and thats not always been the case with utility app purchases...most have been next to useless!
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Yep - it's a tool that can still yield tangible benefits if used judiciously. Xposed extensions increase potency and sidesteps battery optimization woes. When Xposed isn't an option Greenify still works fine with simple adjustments. That said, I fully agree it is not needed on most modern devices/ROMs.
It's definitely useful in some cases. Instagram is one of those apps that bypass Android battery controls. I have battery optimization on, background data off, battery restriction on, and background check off (in developer options) and it still runs in the background. Even regular hibernation doesn't work. I have to use Island and Greenify to freeze it on screen off.
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i guess the thing overlooked now that process/memory management is much better is that its kind of insane to be installing Greenify, and then having to exclude it from that process/memory management, so that it can do arguably a slightly worse job.....bit mad, and not the fault of Greenify, its users not using it properly (but its had that problem since it launched - people greenifying everything for example lol). Also not its fault is that people have gotten so used to installing it with every ROM flash, so its a learned habit, and they never try a ROM without it installed, so they never figure out they dont necessarily need it...
Im not trying to rubbish Greenify in any way at all, it was probably the first utility app i ever purchased right back when it first came out, and it did save my (and a millionty) other peoples bacon for years....i never regretted buying it, and thats not always been the case with utility app purchases...most have been next to useless!
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Same with me. Greenify is my first buy
I use greenify widget "sleep and hibernate now" to turn my screen off.
Is there any other apps that can substitute greenify for that purpose?
I like screen off method of greenify because when we turn on the screen, we can use fingerprint (as far as i know other screen off apps must use pin/pattern to turn the screen on)
if no greenify what about the feature that shows all google sync in the accounts section? greenify unhides them and allows you to turn them all off, on stock android they hidden and kept on.
Is there an alternate way to unhide them?
chrcol said:
if no greenify what about the feature that shows all google sync in the accounts section? greenify unhides them and allows you to turn them all off, on stock android they hidden and kept on.
Is there an alternate way to unhide them?
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Interesting, I didn't even know Greenify did that. Would also be curious to know this.