[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] BeastSpencer:
The Ultimate Guide to Speeding Up Android​

by BeastSpencer

Have any tips? Let me know!​

REQUIREMENTS:

- your phone

- a brain

- (optional) root access

THESE STEPS CAN BE IN A RANDOM ORDER, I AM ADDING THEM AS I GO!

As for some quick speeding up, you can download the attached apk and install it (android 4.3 and up). It makes use of TRIM support, which trims your device of old crap on a schedule to help your device run faster.

FIRST THINGS FIRST! If you have ART, use it! The AOT Compiler makes booting up apps way quicker! Keep in mind enabling it with cause some apps to crash (ie Xposed).

First up, I recommend downloading Clean Master and SD Maid to clean up your phone from all the crap. Run every task in both apps, then you can uninstall them. Next, go get Greenify and RAM Booster from the Play Store. In Greenify, go ahead and hibernate ALL the apps. (don't worry, nothing will become obsolete.) In RAM Booster, go ahead and grant it root access and enable it.

Next, go into the My Files app on your phone (or use a different file manager) and clean out ALL empty folders, as Android gets slowed down with having so many. You can also get rid of old files that you never use. It makes browsing through quicker, too.

Turn off ALL the unused features on your phone except for the necessities, such as mobile data, wifi, sync, from the notification bar. Now, go into your app manager and clean out all the apps that you don't use anymore or haven't used in a while.

OPTIONAL: Get a faster launcher such as Nova Prime or GNL and enable the "stay in memory feature" if it has one. Also on the launcher, try to limit the amount of widgets and apps you have on your home screen, and try to use a static wallpaper instead of a live one.

Next, if you have a custom recovery, go ahead and wipe the cache. On first boot, your device will take longer to boot up and apps will take longer to open, but on second boot it will be BUTTERY smooth.

Now, download ROM TOOLBOX and first go to DNS Changer. Click on Google DNS and apply it. Your data speeds should be a bit faster now. Also, try "Android Browser" or "Naked Browser" from the Play Store for faster browsing speeds.

Next, go to build.prop tweaks, click the capacitive menu key, click Edit, then edit or add these tweaks:

ro.config.hw_quickpoweron=true

persist.sys.shutdown.mode=hibernate

dev.bootcomplete=0

ro.ril.power_collapse=1

pm.sleep_mode=1

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

ro.ril.hsxpa=2

ro.ril.gprsclass=10

ro.ril.hsdpa.category=10

ro.ril.hsupa.category=5

ro.ril.enable.a53=1

ro.ril.hep=1

ro.ril.enable.dtm=1

ro.rill.enable.a53=1

debug.sf.hw=1

persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1

Then, your device should boot faster, have quicker internet, and be smoother.

If you can, install a custom kernel optimized for speed.

Now, install Xposed Framework from dl.xposed.info then install Wanam Xposed from Google Play. Activate it and reboot. Then, go to System in Wanam and uncheck "Enable Touchwiz DVFS" and uncheck "Scrolling Cache." Next Install BootManager and activate it in Xposed. Then check ALL the apps. Press the capacitive menu key and click on settings. Then click on enable fastboot. Your phone should boot way faster now and be smoother at scrolling.

Next, get Safestrap if you don't have it already and flash Walter.White's Debloater. It will get rid of all the crap and free up RAM. If you think it gets rid of too much, then use my light version.

Go back into ROM Toolbox and go to CPU control and slide both meters all the way up. WARNING: this may cause your phone to warm up and drain battery quicker.

Now, go into Settings, go to the 4th tab and scroll down to About Device. Click on that and scroll down to Build Number. Then tap that 7 times.

Go back, and now click on developer options, then scroll down to the 3 boxes with "animation scale" and set them to .5x or off.

Then go into Account settings and go into each account and disable the sync options you don't need.

Go to the Google Play store and download App Cache Cleaner and run it, then uninstall it if you want.

That's about it folks! If you have any suggestions or other speed tweaks, let me know. - Beast

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