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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mechnesium:
Hey all, what a bummer this locked bootloader has been. Anyway, there isn't much we can do at this point except play the waiting game, as you may well already know; simply asking AT&T to unlock the bootloader for the purposes of development (perhaps in the form of a petition) might be our option at the moment, albeit futile.

Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to sort of collect any tweaks for the currently unrootable ATT Galaxy S5. Even stock, it's a beast of a phone, and I'm sure we can do a few things to push it to its unrootable limits like:

- Extending its monster battery life

- Making it run faster (at least APPEAR to)

- Performing some convenience tweaks

The first thing that came to mind was Developer options. Turning Window and Transition animation scales to x0.5 made seem it a bit snappier. Turning off all the gimmicky gestures and features like air browse, smart stay, smart pause, etc caused a noticeable improvement in battery, as did setting screen to standard. Turning off bloatware is also essential. But the real ace in the hole here is Tasker (or Llama, for those not inclined to buying apps). I will share my most valuable profiles with you. I will nest the profiles and associated tasks using brackets to avoid confusion, since I can't put whitespace.

Connectivity off when screen off {

Profile {

Event -> Display off;

}

Task {

Task -> Wait -> 1 min;

If -> %SCREEN ~ Off {

Net -> WiFi -> Off;

Net -> Mobile Data -> Off;

Net -> Auto-Sync -> Off;

}

}

}

Connectivity on when screen on {

Profile {

Event -> Display unlocked;

}

Task {

Net -> WiFi -> On;

Net -> Mobile Data -> On;

Net -> Auto-Sync -> On

}

}

Periodic connectivity toggle {

Profile {

Time -> Repeat every 30 min

+

State -> Variable value -> %SCREEN ~ Off

}

Task {

Net -> WiFi -> On;

Net -> Mobile Data -> On;

Net -> Auto-Sync -> On;

Task -> Wait -> 2 min;

Net -> WiFi -> Off;

Net -> Mobile Data -> Off;

Net -> Auto-Sync -> Off;

}

}

WiFi timeout after 1 min {

//Make sure you turn off beginner mode, open profile settings, and UNCHECK Restore Settings and Enforce Task Order for this one

Profile {

State -> WiFi connected (INVERT);

+

State -> Variable value -> %WIFI ~ On;

}

*Task* {

Task -> Wait -> 1 min;

Net -> WiFi -> Off;

}

Exit Task {

Task -> Stop -> *Task*;

}

}

Explanation: Basically, the profiles above turn off like connectivity one minute after your screen turns off, to avoid interruption, etc. Your phone radio stays you so you can still get calls and texts. When the screen is off, your phone will turn on all connectivity every 30 min and sync for 2 min. You can adjust this to your liking. When you unlock the screen, connectivity will turn on immediately. This is to avoid having the connectivity turn on if you are only checking the time on the lock screen or something. If you are in WiFi range, it won't use mobile data at all, as the phone maintains it accordingly. If wifi is disconnected for one minute, it will turn off. These Tasker profiles have roughly tripled my battery life.

If you all have any tweaks or Tasker profiles for our nerfed galaxies, by all means share them here!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] eddie.dean:
thanks man, will check these out,

All i need is a way to by pass att tether restrictions and directly write to exsdcard and I may be able to live without root for a while...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] speckledpig:
I got wireless tethering working via Foxfi & bluetooth:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2742017

This works on grandfathered unlimited data plans.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Jaspah:
Seriously... these SD card restrictions are such bull****.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] beeglej:
I just jumped off the ios bandwagon and got an android. I used to years ago play around with it and through this forum learned how to put it on my old windows phones. But so many years of being dumbed down by Apple I input these tables into my new Tasker app and have turn the profiles on and off to only receive a notification that says no active profiles. I am sure I did it wrong. Is it possible to upload the profiles so I can iMort them to compare what I messed up?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Schultz_91:
No you're probably doing it correctly, there are no active profiles because the tasks only happen when the screen if turned off or unlocked, and both actions take a split second. Where if you change from an event to a state trigger, you should have an active profile most likely.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] David111jr:
I took newsstand or w.e it's called off and did art along with removed double click home for s voice and it's night and day fast. I can now wait for root without pulling my hair out...

Just to throw it out there has anyone tried to change the build prop to make the bootloader think it's a t-mobile phone instead of att?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] mep1127:
I hope root comes out soon. Too much bloatware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Cusa:
Indeed. We desperately need it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] PS4AndroidHacker:
Clockworkmod tether works great without root.
[General Questions and Answers] umby75:
Hi, in Samsung S4 for root has became a difficult thing to do because you can have problems for warranty.

But now i have a backup in Titanium with important settings and data that i cannot to load in my new S4.

Does exist a method to convert backup from Titanium to another app that doesn't require root access?

Thank you for your help!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] sudermatt:
One thing I HATED HATED HATED about moving to KK was the browser issue. I use my phone mostly for a webbrowser. Wow did I miss the old 4.3 AOSP experience when I went to KK. I looked all over and finally tried the installer available on the playstore.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.aospinstaller

I has bookmark sync, Quickview...the two things I missed most.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Themes and Apps] psouza4:
Yep it does. Replaced my browser the instant we had KK. Won't work with Flash though, even after removing the appropriate APKs that cause it to fail on JB. Oh well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogxd:
I ask for an opinion to experts.

I installed the app Battery Life Repair

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BoshBashStudios.batterydoctorrepair

I can't understand if this app is really effective or if it is a fake. In both cases, if you want to give your opinion can you justify it with technical considerations?

It's strange to see so many high ratings, but it is also strange that there are no tests or in-depth reviews.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hypercore:
Sorry for bringing a thread from the dead but I am also very curious as to how this app works (or if it does at all).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterAwesome:
Such apps don't work.. They're usually fake and earn money through ads. Battery life is purely hardware and can't be increased by a software other than changing kernel features...

Sent from my Moto G
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lgrootnoob:
what a load of crap.

You can increase the length of your battery time betweeen charges by lessening the load on the cpu(which causes ups in voltage usage).

we reduce cpu load by reducing ram usage too.

also, turning the display brightness down and turning off unneeded features like bluetooth or wifi.

the kernel can be made more efficient like you said. so i agree there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterAwesome:
Trying to do that the battery app takes more battery by being in the background always. sometimes it also steals data.. There's no point you're better of without it.

Regards

MasterAwesome

Sent from my Moto G
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lgrootnoob:
Of course the battery does nothing.

thats what the settings > battery

function is for anyways. to see the resource hog of the system.

so it works in identifiying the problem.

but your right, the battery app is unnecessary since we already have a stock implementation.

but that wasn't my point. :mad: my point is that you can modify the userspace for more battery between charges.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterAwesome:
At the end of day we agree that battery apps are not required... Android is pretty optimized by itself.

Decrease screen brightness and timeout it takes the highest amount of battery.

Sent from my Moto G
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lgrootnoob:
"At the end of day we agree that battery apps are not required.." obviously.

"Android is pretty optimized by itself. " its not about android(I didnt mention android being optimized, I figured that it was pretty obvious and didnt need discussion), it was about android having the tools to find the problem. see the following:

"Decrease screen brightness and timeout it takes the highest amount of battery. "and this brings me to MY POINT.

We are talking about app hogs which ARE a problem.

I would expect the OP has enough of a brain to reduce the brightness.

You have app services that use tons of ram and cpu. Why can't you accept that?

The theory behind a battery app is legitimate, but the OP just has to use the builtin android application.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufy0000:
Confrontation Much

The original posting he said was that software does not have impact on hardware in that it can not fix physical damage on the battery such as dead cells.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RexMarinus:
Such apps are just fake.

I purchased a new phone and same day I installed repair battery life. It showed 8 low cells and one inactive. It claimed it will increase my battery life by 18% (WOW, LOL)

After that I tried again and it showed me all green cells.

I cleared the app's cache, cleared data and uninstalled the app.

Later on, I calibrated the battery with another app called "battery fix" which needs root and deletes batterystats.bin file

I once installed "repair battery life" and guess what? It showed again 8 low cells and one inactive.

It's just another fake crAPP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aj1789:
Number of cells shown suggests fake.

I tried Battery Life Repair by "Extended Apps " and I remain very sceptical. Nowhere it is explained what the app actually does.

A normal Phone has one or two cells. This app shows 100 cells and claims that some are broken or damaged and the software can repair it through some extraordinary (supernatural?) process. It Claims it repaired these problematic cells (like 5 out of 100), although it physically makes no sense considering a phone has one or two cells, which are usually either working or broken. Then it also requests access to media, identity and accounts, which is suspicious given what the app claims to do.

Comments in the app-store just prove to me that placebos work. On the other hand, some people figured that if the "battery repair" is done, the app data is deleted and the app run again, it again shows the same amount of "problematic cells".
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedrogers61:
I strongly suspected myself this app is complete bull twaddle, but I was also curious so installed it just to see what it makes of the battery "analysis".

It magically 'fixed' the problem cells, but unlike you on a subsequent retest the previously 'faulty cells' had still be 'fixed'.

I wonder how this app is polling the 'cells'? Or is it just making up some fancy graphics and not actually doing anything at all under the hood?

I also wonder what would happen if I switched batteries or took the existing one out and in again? Maybe I'll try at some point.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iMessa:
This is my experience.

I thought this is impossible but i installed it just to try..

In that time i first tryed it i had Galaxy 3 Apollo. Battery was so bad that percentage was going low when you were looking on it and after some short period of time phone just shutdown by itself.. I decided to try it so maybe i save money for new battery. With few shutdowns i finally did it and something happen. Battery didn't go low that way and phone stoped turning off by itself!! It could stop while i was washing dishes but it was "fixed" after i used that app, so i dont know. I don't personally think that some app can fix hardware issue but i think it works as some "refresh" or something like that. I don't know really but in my case was money saver what ever that is. Oh and i'm talking about "Extended Apps" app.. :/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] douglasrac:
I'm also skeptical about these things but unlike others in here, I tried before drawing conclusion with my awesome rational brain. And yes it works marvelous. My Galaxy Note 3 battery is working as brand new, giving 3 to 4 days without charging and it was 1 to 2 days before the app. I don't think that is placebo effect and I have absolutely no idea what the app does, and too bad the dev doesn't have a website, but the app is good. Also using the other app from the same dev, called Advanced Battery Calibrator and letting the phone charge till 100% while off did wonderful things.

I still wonder how it can fix hardware of it simply erase data from the battery increasing risk to catch on fire, but it does work.

As far as I know, the software keeps data of the battery in other to avoid charges over 100%. With time that will effectively make the battery charge till 99% then 98% and goes on, till u have a battery on 70% for example but the software say its 100%, because it wont charge more than that to avoid the risk of fire. Perhaps this app erase that data and increase the risk of mal function. But I have no idea.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hilla_killa:
If your battery has dead cells im sorry but no app will fix it, unless its magic! It must replace the cells somehow magically! Omg do some basic research these apps are fake garbage! Maybe it can fix my dead s3 battery hahaha NOT!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] appollokillers1:
ofc is not gona revive a battery,but even that it can be made,in some cases,i saw that of ppl proving that live,they took a dead battery and test it to show that it is dead and just used another same model battery that it was working and hold them connected like 5 min toghether,after that it just put the dead battery at charged and what u know?it did revived it,no idea how the battery actually work,but it seems that they can actually get stuck somehow and they can get a "forced" revive,like a CPR for humans,but like i said,not working with all,same as like on humans,not all can be revived with CPR,but i guess that this app has to do something coz like some in here i did used it and ... the magic worked,not on a dead battery,so scheptical as it sounds,on some batteries it works even tho maybe is not something hardware but maybe just something software,why i say that,i had a tablet and a few times when i was restarting the tablet,after a min was turning off coz of battery 0%,and that after i got the recharger plug off,so it was 100% for sure,after a few times restarting the tablet it was showing again 100 % as it should be,so i guess that not even android is always reading the data correctly
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kidronvalley:
Of course is a full fake. Uninstall them, becouse they can do bitcoin mining or whatever gain trough pupup and promotions., as well as getting your data.

1) Ion litium or polymer batteries cannot be repaired.

2) cells are 1 or max 4 not 256 as those apps shows

3) clearing the cache brings different fault cells

4) reinastalling shows other broken cells

5) strangely the application after "repair" stays open in background. So at least the word "repair" is a joke fooling people.

6) dynamic ram and ddr are always powered and refresh cycles are required in all the address space generally, so saying that freeing ram allow more battery duration is a fake.

7) whatever the app does to have battery least more is just sw and tricky. I would not rely on that and remove the app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazydan360:
Wow...

MasterAwesome did u disable Lgrootnoob's account because it says its disabled was it because he challenged ur opinion? lol childish much? Who cares if it works it either works or it doesnt I dont see it hurting me

---------- Post added at 07:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 AM ----------

Didnt notice this was my brothers account he uses my phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GiulianoB:
Hello, there's a way to calibrate your battery without root.

to calibrate your battery, i found by my self a way to(when i did it, the battery time left was increased):

1)charge your phone to 100% battery.

2)turn on- wifi, auto rotation, bluetooth...(everything that is consuming battery not including apps)

3)leave your phone with screen off.

4)discharge much as you can.

5)when you finished, charge your phone and don't use the phone.

optional:

if you want a proof that this is worked- open settings and see how much time left for your battery(you will see that it had been increased).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mark4242:
FYI I just finished testing Battery Life Repair 2018 by running it on a new Android tablet with a huge 8000+mAh battery. It reported about 14 weak or bad cells out of a total of 120 cells. When told to fix those cells, it requests you to download another of their apps to help support them. Just say YES, then kick back out without downloading and the fix finishes. I had hardware "USB Safety Tester" connected during this test (it displays various info including the charging voltage and amperage). With about 12% of the cells reported bad, after the fix the Tester recorded zero increase in Volts or Amps. So it maintained a steady watt draw from the charger even after 14 more cells were now drawing watts to charge. Next I cleared storage on the app, ran it again, and got 12 different cells reported to have problems. Fixed those cells, and again, no change in charge draw.

I also found it strange that it would use WIFI and Cell Data and run in the background. Why?

The Battery Life Repair app reports that my Galaxy S5 also has 120 cells in its battery. Seeing as almost 99% of phones and tables have a SINGLE cell in their battery (one or two phones have 2 cells), the display of a 120 cell grid seems rather fishy. Having a 120 cell battery requires cell balancing hardware and software that that would add to the cost of the phone, plus make the battery physically larger. My electric bike has about 80-90 cells in it and it weighs about 15lbs and is 30,000 mAh and 47 volts. Hard to do in one or two cells. That is a good example of why a multi cell (3.6 v each?) battery is needed. But not a cell phone or tablet.

I know my test is not the most scientific, but at least I did check for a change in wattage draw before and after fixing cells, and not just ecstatically claim my battery has improved.

So I call Battery Repair Life 2018 to be a steaming pile of BS that is probably robbing you of your contacts and other personal information while running in the background sucking up your data plan. But, hey, that's just me.
[Samsung Gear Fit] pRo_lama:
[How to install GearFit Retail Mode]

1. Change to Download mode on your GearFit device (See [Gear Fit] How to enter Download mode.pptx)

2. Refresh the GearFit Reatilmode binary on your GearFit by Odin3.0.95 (See [GearFit] Odin3 Guide_ENG.pptx)

3. Connect with GearFit and Galaxy S5 using GearFit Manger (See Galaxy S5&Gear Fit Retailmode Connection Guide_v03_1.pptx)

4. Activate GearFit Retailmode (See Galaxy S5&Gear Fit Retailmode Connection Guide_v03_1.pptx)
[Samsung Gear Fit] pRo_lama:
Please can somebody explain what it retail mode ? It's when you unpack device from package and start, so that it's fresh new or ?
[Samsung Gear Fit] hotochan123:
from those powerpoint presentations i conclude that retail mode is for retailers that put the devices for display. its nothing more than configuring the gear fit to never turn off the screen.
[Samsung Gear Fit] FixB:
Do you know if in this mode, the gear fit works exactly as in normal mode (with the only difference the screen always on) ??

I'll really like the possibility to keep the screen always on, but everything else the same...
[Samsung Gear Fit] pRo_lama:
I didn't test this Retailmode, but I suppose Gear Fit will work normally.
[Samsung Gear Fit] Lukeenho:
Not sure about the Gear Fit, but for Samsung phones retail mode resets the device every 30 mins (deletes everything/factory reset), for people won´t install any bloatware on it when used in stores. So watch out when trying it ...
[Samsung Gear Fit] szakal88:
I have problem, I connected Fit with S5, then I've tried to acctivate Retail Mode and when I enter this code *#11111# nothing happens, also last # does not appear.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] red423:
Ok help!! I finally broke down and bought an unlocked zoom on the net. It is a great phone, we love it. I use ultrame for a carrier, now it comes down to this> The phone originally is ATT, I read all over here and am confused, if I root it is there a way to remove the ATT software?? will it really mess with the GPS?? will I loose other functions on the phone??? I am confused and yes I talk to myself at times. But I am getting fifty responses all different as to what to do, or just leave the phone alone? It works great, camera is beyond belief. any opinions?????????thanks red423
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] jzsidebott:
If you root with kingoroot nothing will happen to your gps.. Mine works just fine. After root, use titanium backup to delete the att bloat and you will have no worries.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Ramsey:
I understand your worries but as the above member said, you have nothing to worry about. I have the International unlocked version (Not AT&T's) and I rooted it with 'Kingo Root' 2 weeks ago and everything is fine.

So, by acquiring root, you can use Titanium Backup to disable/freeze or delete AT&T apks. Now I suggest you only freeze them first, reboot your phone, use it a bit, make sure there are no errors happening since some APKs are needed by the system for your phone to function or else it will crash and not boot-up properly. So freeze first, test your phone, if all is good, delete them. I personally only delete apks that I am sure I don't need or those that I can re-download from the Play Store if need be. The rest, I just freeze them and forget about them. They can't act on their own if they're frozen =).

Btw, you can still disable/freeze apps without root by going to System settings - More - Application manager, and swipe to "All" category, and find the ones you don't want, click on them, and then click on "Turn Off". (I still prefer Titanium Backup since it shows me all apks and freezes all of them)
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] red423:
got the root

Ok I got the root, so the titanium says no freeze without donating, there are a few ATT apps that show up, on the zoom which ones have you guys just removed forever???? or is there another program like titanium to remove att bloat ware???? AND A BIG THANK YOU FOR REPLYING!!!!!!!!! I am all rooted now and want to make sure if i erase apk's they are the correct ones I cant freeze. red423
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Ramsey:
Sorry I am using the International version so I don't know which AT&T to remove. I didn't get any carrier bloatware with my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] red423:
You guys rock!!!!!!

Well I have disabled several of the old ATT apps. and the phone screams, very impressive. If go to samsung will it update to kit kat ????

Got this far why not go all the way????????????? thanks red423
[Samsung Galaxy S 4 Zoom] Ramsey:
Great! glad it worked out. I had an S4 prior to this and this Zoom is quicker and smoother :) I just miss the bigger screen + resolution and thinner body.

There's no kitkat update yet but apparently they announced it and should be out in the coming months hopefully!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShaunWinSC:
Is there a way to get a camera shortcut on a pattern unlock screen? I used Xposed, Enable Camera on Lockscreen and Samsung Multiple Widgets with 4.3 MJE and it worked great but doesn't work with 4.4 NC2.