[General Questions and Answers] BoonMaff:
My little guide to improving speed & battery life

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I'm not doing anything particularly celever, just using apps from the play store that I have accrued with trial & error. A couple are paid apps.

As said in previous post - root your tablet, either use the Zhoudashi method to root if you have the stock Versus 4.1.1 firmware,

Or if you are on the cylone Voyager 4.2.2 firmware (works really well so far with no drawbacks for me - use standard reflashing technique as if you were putting stock firmware on) then you need to root via the method I posted/linked to above (remember to add supersu afterwards from play store if you do it this way).

After a successful root, I put a number of apps on my tablet to tweak performance and speed and battery life.

Battery life:

- Titanium backup pro - Backup, and then you will be able to freeze anything you don't use.

I uninstall the games I won't use, & freeze apps like the email/gmail/google books/other app stores (not google play) etc, as I use other apps for these. Obviously be caeful not to freeze anything needed for android etc. There are guides online for this kind of thing. The less that can run the less will be sitting there in the background processes slowing things. Best to freeze rather than uninstall if you are not sure.

- Juice defender plus - This can control wifi being on or off when the screen is off, but still allow apps to connect on a schedual so you can get email etc while still saving battery. It also has a kind of firewall so you dictate which apps have internet connectivity ie. none, only when app is on screen, or normal. It means free games cannot sit there all day downloading new ads etc which drains battery (and data if you are capped). (Messenger apps like Skype or Touch best to not change.) Also the versus tablet original firmware had a known wifi issue- sometimes it would not connect. I set mine to 'always on' in the android wifi/advanced settings & let Juice Defender control connectivity. I subsequently had no issues.

- Make sure you go through all your apps and uncheck notifications that you don't need. Apps like twitter or even just news apps will often check every 15mins and keep your tablet constantly awake. However most apps can also update when you open the app, so unless you need notifications just switch the refresh frequency to 'never' on all apps and you still get all the new stuff when you look at the app. Makes a huge difference to the battery.

PERFORMANCE

- Autostarts - with this app you can control apps autostarting. Apps like facebook etc. look for any excuse to start up and run in the background i.e. from boot or when you plug a charger in, or turn wifi off and on etc. They look for certain triggers and kick off. So you can look at all these triggers and make it so apps can only start running when you open the program. Again, only edit apps you have downloaded, and leave android components alone. It means there are less processes running and tablet is more responsive. I tend to merely change the larger sections at the top, like on boot/wifi connectivity etc. Don't touch the smaller triggers further down like camera button pressing/media inserted etc or you might create problems.

- Auto memory manager - Although it is a task killer (and I have ended up not liking these) it does help if you keep a good whitelist and therefore don't touch any needed android components. Set it to mild, and leave it. It will simply shut down some apps should your tablet need to free some resources in case you are using a hungry game or something. You tablet will not get sluggish if you are doing something demanding.

- Set CPU - Set it to set on boot, with the highest and lowest speeds, and it will slightly overclock when you are using the tablet and feels more speedy. I normally also set a profile so that when the screen is off, the tablet can only run at about a 3rd speed. So when it is sitting on a shelf it is saving the processor and battery, should an app kick up. The 'interactive' govenor (way it scales the processor) is best on this tablet (set by default - just don't change it).

Lastly - I usually tell google to not have access to my location as I don't need it, and I switch off sync (get yourself a widget control and can toggle easily if you want your calendar to sync etc.).

I do all the above and my tablet battery lasts ages, and is really speedy. The cyclone Voyager firmware solved my hanging/crashing issue. As always reflashing/rooting is at your own risk, as is freezing apps etc. This is just what I do - I'm not saying it is all right! If any of it is confusing, just get the app in question - they are all fairly self explanatory when you are looking at them.