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[Verizon LG G3] NedDasty:
If you want ART to work, freeze these com.verizon apps/services with Titanium Backup

com.verizon.permis...appdirectedsms 1.0

com.verzion.permissions.qos 1.0

com.verizon.permis...securesettings 1.0

com.verizon.permissions.vzwappapn 1.0

Verizon Login 3.1.19

Verizon Support & Protection 2.1.1

It's possible that there are some system apps/services as well that are incompatible with ART. I haven't tested by only disabling these. However, since disabling these/other services, I haven't run into a single problem with ART and have been running ART since I got my phone on the 17th with no hiccups or problems.
[Verizon LG G3] Colchiro:
Ned, how's your battery life on ART?
[Verizon LG G3] JesseMT4G:
I haven't switched to Art yet , as I keep reading about bad battery life. I just got this phone today and thus far from taking it out of the box with 52% it discharged quickly, granted I was updating apps and redownloading all my apps and what not.

Going to discharge it all the way and charge it up over night and hope that helps. It has in the past.

More worried about the signal coming from T-Mobile, where I had amazing coverage in big cities....actually still have it and a G Flex, but needed a work phone and figured Verizon would be the best bet as T-Mobile was non exsistent in the boonies.

I am in a city where I live and on 3G.....
[Verizon LG G3] Colchiro:
3G? I hope that's a typo. If I was on T-Mobile in one of the biggest cities in ND where I reside, I'd be on 2G.
[Verizon LG G3] JesseMT4G:
I am on 3G on the Verizon phone. T-Mobile I am on 4G and get crazy speeds. Only reason I got Verizon is due to my new job as in the boonies of PA the T-Mobile phone gets no signal. Figured it a safe bet to go Verizon.

Haven't tested it out in the boonies yet, but figured I'd get as good of not better LTE service where I live. It's weird....
[Verizon LG G3] J.Guido85:
Has anyone tried this?
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
...wut? Anyway, I tried freezing that stuff and I still get random lockups on ART that require pulling the battery
[Verizon LG G3] J.Guido85:
Please delete quote of what I said. I accidentally pasted the wrong message.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
Did you do anything else? I have your list and tons more frozen and I still get lock ups on ART
[Verizon LG G3] NedDasty:
All frozen apps & services

Here's my complete list of frozen apps. My phone runs fine. Some of them are programs/services accessible through settings, so trying to get to them through settings causes Settings to crash--but they're not things I care about.

Amazon Music 4.0.4

Answer Me 2.0.0

Appstore release-9...638.OC_639000310

Calculator 4.20.7

Calendar 4.20.9

Cloud 13.6.4.28

com.verizon.permis...appdirectedsms 1.0

com.verizon.permissions.qos 1.0

com.verizon.permis...securesettings 1.0

com.verizon.permissions.vzwappapn 1.0

DT Ignite 1.6.901

ELTest 1.0

Email 6.40.27.3

FamilyBase Companion 4.4.5

File Manager 4.20.10

GNSS Air Test (CD...8510B.1403785622

GnssTest 1.2.4.4.2-...8510B.1403785622

Isis Wallet 1

Key Chain 4.4.2-VS98510B.1403785622

LG Backup 4.21.7

LG Health 4.20.22

LG IMS 3.3.0

LG Intelligent Agent 0.8.14

LG Keyboard 4.20.50

LG Keyboard Black Theme 3.0.11

LG TTS+ 2.3.1.11-E2M1

LG VoiceCommand...chPack 1.103.9098

LG VPN 3.0.1

LGATCMD Service...8510B.1403785622

LGSearchWidgetProvider 4.0.6

LGSetupWizard 4.3.003

LGWernickeManager 2.0.21

Maluuba QVoice Interface 1.4.1q

Message+ 4.3.25

Music 4.20.11

Music 4.20.13

My InfoZone 2.2.17

My Verizon Mobile 10.0.676

NFL Mobile 9.0.1

QuickMemo_ 4.20.13

QuickRemote 4.20.12.1

Quickset SDK 2.1.70

Slacker Radio 5.0.4299

Smart cleaning 2.0.3

SmartShare Beam 4.20.19

SmartShare Push 4.20.25

SmarShare Beam 1.2.14

Text Link 4.20.6

Text Link Agent 3.1.3

Text Link Engine 3.0.2

ThinkFree Viewer 4.0.24

Verizon Login 3.1.19

Verizon Support & Protection 2.1.1

Video Trim 4.20.6

VMware Ready 1.6.0

Voice Command 4.20.8

Voice Mail 3.11.13

Voice Mate 4.20.8

Voice Mate Engine 5.0.46

Voice Mate Speech Pack 5.0.2

VpnDialogs 4.4.2-V...8510B.1403785622

VZ Navigator 9.0.7.41

WAP Service 5.0.21200

Widevine Keybox T...8510B.1403785622
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
Thanks ill give this a try. Have you noticed any effect on battery life? When I was on ART in addition to lock ups I was experiencing bad idle battery drain by android os
[Verizon LG G3] NedDasty:
I can't say, because I removed these pretty much immediately after taking my G3 out of the box, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I will say that the battery life seems great to me.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
Wow I froze everything in your list and I have no problems with ART now. I wonder what the offending app is? It wasn't those Verizon services cause I already had them frozen
[Verizon LG G3] bkrickles:
any updates on this?

anyone else get art to work properly?

I always ran with art on my s4 with aosp roms and it was noticeably better for me.

I couldn't run xposed but I really liked the smoothness.
[Verizon LG G3] suzook:
I'm using art with no issues. Although I don't think there is ANY difference compared to dalvik.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
I'm running it fine. Freeze all the apps/services in Ned's list
[Verizon LG G3] rushless:
Besides the 25% storage loss compared to Dalvik. I noticed that for sure.
[Verizon LG G3] calebv2:
I agree I don't see the point of switching to art because yesterday I got 30hrs battery life with 4.5 hours screen on time. Phone is buttery smooth.
[Verizon LG G3] Colchiro:
I agree. I'm getting off work, where there is no wifi, not turning off wifi or gps and still have 90% battery by bedtime (when it gets plugged in). Like someone else said here, fantastic battery life for light users, but not so good for the power users.
[Verizon LG G3] RaptorMD:
I thought ART was still a beta at best and since it will be in Android L and forward we will likely see a much nicer implementation in Android L in say 6-8 months from now when its release on the G3 by the carriers.
[Verizon LG G3] Avohkah Tamer:
This is true, but the odd thing this thread is discussing is that it works fine on other carrier / international versions of the G3, but causes crashes, slowness, and awful battery life on just the Verizon version for some reason. I don't know of any other phone that has this problem.

When it DOES work properly on a G3, according to other users, it seems to improve overall battery life and performance (which are both very welcome improvements).
[Verizon LG G3] b16redlined:
The Dev options are hidden by default on my Verizon LG G3 and the ART runtime is experimental. It's thought that art will be fixed somewhat soon but who knows. I tried it for about 3 hours and it drained my phone completely. If I don't over use my phone(which I always do) it'll last at least 2 days on battery life with Delvik. My suggestion is to wait for an update to ART. It'll come eventually. With all the phone offers, it's an ok oversight to me. :good:
[Verizon LG G3] samg77:
The ART runtime will be the default runtime in Android L and forward. Not even sure they will include Dalvik once Android L is released, anyone know?
[Verizon LG G3] Colchiro:
My understanding is that Dalvik won't be available for most devices (if not all).
[Verizon LG G3] Colchiro:
I decided to retry ART. Last time I had it enabled for just a couple hours. This time I enabled in the early evening and after running several benchmarks, my battery was down to 50%. Like usual, I plugged it in for the night. Come morning, the phone was not responsive until I did a battery pull. After a couple hours at work, when I was expecting a phone call, again I could not wake the phone and had to do another battery pull. Then I returned to Dalvik. Until I know we have a newer, more stable version of ART, it'll stay off.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
ART is 100% stable for me. my phone has been running for a few days now without reboot. all I have done is frozen everything nonessential especially verizon apps.
[Verizon LG G3] donroja:
What he said...
[Verizon LG G3] taihard:
Exact same thing happened to me... was late to work cause phone was frozen and alarm never went off. I am not rooted so I haven't disabled/frozen any verizon app that can't be disabled with out root but all that can be disabled have been.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
It is definitely one of the verizon specific bloatware apps that does not play nicely with ART. I haven't taken the time to unfreeze them one by one and figure it out, so just freeze everything if you want to run ART lol
[Verizon LG G3] simollie:
Do you guys see any noticeable improvement from ART?
[Verizon LG G3] foundingfathersfan2:
I've had my phone since July 21st and did some unr00ted debloating and it's been working smooth and great. Saturday I tried ART. It was awful. Battery drain lockups and Antutu score went from 33,926 to23,589. I switched back after my battery died, I just let it kill over when it drained so quick. Its good to cycle them once in a wile anyway. Now its a lot better but still not completely back like it was. Although my last Antutu score was 35,467 but I still get stutter here and there.
[Verizon LG G3] siouxhockey11:
How is everyone getting 35000 on benchmark I'm nowhere close to that
[Verizon LG G3] foundingfathersfan2:
Are you on Art? Dalvik seems to score a lot better. Also in Developer Options: Window, Transition, Animator scales can be reduced somewhat for better performance.
[Verizon LG G3] siouxhockey11:
Not on art. My phone refuses to bout into art...but I'll have to try the animation tweaks and go from there
[Verizon LG G3] foundingfathersfan2:
Let me know how it goes if you would. It kind of sounds like that particular phone may have a problem. Hope not. I just have not heard of anyone not being able to switch to Art if they wanted to try it.
[Verizon LG G3] siouxhockey11:
Yea nope it won't switch to art...is it because I'm rooted?
[Verizon LG G3] foundingfathersfan2:
Its very likely but I'm not 100% sure.
[Verizon LG G3] snoop5:
Mine will not switch either after reboot it goes back to dalvik, I'm rooted also
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
Do you have Xposed installed?
[Verizon LG G3] snoop5:
Yes I do
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
That is why then. Xposed does not run on ART...
[Verizon LG G3] snoop5:
Alrighty then thanks
[Verizon LG G3] xgman:
Ouch...
[Verizon LG G3] PWn3R:
I am trying art again after freezing most of the list of apps that was put in this thread earlier on. I didn't freeze all of them because I need some of the functionality that was in the list. So far it looks like in the first hour of ART usage I lost 21% battery. I just wiped the cache and will report back tomorrow.
[Verizon LG G3] nericollin:
First, I did a factory reset (my phone IS rooted)

I went through and disabled/froze all of the apps on the given list, including a couple extras, mainly being the entire Amazon series of apps. This was done after I went through the setup wizard So I could restore my contacts from the cloud before disabling/freezing it.

I then enabled Developer Settings and proceeded to switch to ART.

The process from switching to ART to arriving on the homes creen clocked in at around 12 minutes with 211 apps to be optimized.

I did the whole process about 4 hours prior to posting this:

- Minor improvements to battery life

- No stuttering

- No crashes of any kind

- No LAG that I noticed.

Significant improvement in performance without any issues
[Verizon LG G3] WheresTrent:
I had two deep sleeps, last night and this morning. Was about to go return the phone until I remembered I switched to ART last night. Back on Dalvik for now. You don't need to factory reset before switching over, do you? I'm stock all the way, other than enabling developer options.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
You need to freeze everything in the list posted in this thread. You should probably read the thread before posting...
[Verizon LG G3] WheresTrent:
You must have missed the part where I said I was running completely stock...But anyway, this phone is going back to Verizon because of some issues with their network. I will probably end up with the G3 back on Tmobile.
[Verizon LG G3] Odin2347:
Yes, and it's well documented in this thread that you CAN'T run ART on the Verizon G3 without being rooted and freezing many apps.
[Verizon LG G3] Hypera:
Too bad there is not a backward compatibility for ART since right now we are in the middle of switching over to ART
[Verizon LG G3] joshm.1219:
The new runtime in Android L is not the same as the test ART in KitKat now. It can run both ahead-of-time, the new standard, as well as just-in-time, like dalvik, so the compatibility is still there.
[Verizon LG G3] Always_Jonezen:
Link for art runtime
[Verizon LG G3] trent999:
It's in every kit Kat phone, like your g3. You enable it via a developer option and reboot. It trashes stock G3', but you can go back to dalvik via the same developer option.

If you mean you need a link for a developer preview of ART as is scheduled for replacing Dalvik in Android L, it's in the Android SDK.
[Verizon LG G3] ilooze:
I have the europe version of the G3 and I switched to ART runtime. I can't see some changes in performance but my battery last's more. I get with 4-5 hours more. :o
[Verizon LG G3] DigitalMD:
ART is still experimental and not fully supported by Google or 3rd party apps.

Dalvik must remain the default runtime or you risk breaking your Android implementations and third-party applications. (Google)

ART will be the default in 4.5
[Verizon LG G3] ilooze:
you mean 5.0
[Verizon LG G3] tu3218:
Anyone stock and running ART? I've seen the posts about really needing to be rooted to freeze apps, but wondering if that is just individual cases and if it's at least worth a shot or if it's definitely going to be bad once I switch and not being rooted.
[Verizon LG G3] trent999:
If you enable ART with uprooted stock, straight from a .TOT file reset, your CHi will reboot randomly while running hot and you will have to return to Dalvik in order to have a working phone again.

If you freeze some combination of apps, root required for some in all probability (not seen an exact minimum list) you will fund that running under ART probably helps speed and battery life, some, probably.

Wait.
[Verizon LG G3] tu3218:
ok thanks. Appreciate the info. I'll hang tight then.
[Verizon LG G3] gjvah:
Hello guys, tried switching to ART but my phone is rooter and I have the Xposed framework, so it naturally didn't work. Phone is fine now, running on dalvik, but I "trying" to switch restarted the phone. Is it possible I'll be having issues in the future? Should I do a hard reset just to be sure everything is fine, or having the exposed framwork means no changes were made? Thanks
[Verizon LG G3] Colchiro:
Last I read ART still doesn't work with Xposed in Lollypop so it might be awhile.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Zaslam408:
Hi,

I might switch to the xperia z2 as my new phone. However, I am currently on a galaxy s3 with a 7000 mAh battery so I would like to know of any decent battery expansion options exist for the Z2. I was looking into battery cases as I want everything to be in one package as opposed to having a separate power bar.

Do you know of any good/reliable battery cases?

I was looking at one from Brando workshop but the company does not seem reliable and there is no frontal protection. I can't post a link due to my noob status.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] slatt01:
z2 battery

Hi, with stamina mode on my z2 has been on for 2.5 days and still has 18% battery left. How much power do you need.

I am a quite heavy user and WiFi is on permanently.

My z did not last a day and I used a powerbank case with a 3000mhr battery. Was a good case but I haven't needed one.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Mr.R™:
Then your not a heavy user, he clearly is, I only get a day, day and a half max
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] gmaldo007:
So far I've only found these... I have been looking too.

http://mugen.co/mugen-power-3700mah-battery-case-for-sony-xperia-z2-docomo-xperia-z2-so-03f.html

http://www.mobilezap.com.au/46388-encharge-sony-xperia-z2-power-jacket-hard-case-4500mah-black.htm
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Zetinal:
Brando cases were a popular option for the Lumia 920 when I was still on WP, I never heard anything particularly bad about them and assuming this is as cheap as the 920 one was I'd say it is probably worth a try.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Zaslam408:
sorry for the late reply guys. Thanks for the help.

I emailed Brando about having an xperia z2 case with Cover and they actually added one. If quality is not a concern, I would definitely check it out. Search xperia z2 battery case on their site to find it. (I still can't post links)
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Mr.R™:
Unless it's still waterproof I couldn't use one personally, St the moment I just under clock the cpu to save battery, all apps still work flawlessly and smoothly at 1.5 ghz :)
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] rexboy:
Thanks for the tip regarding Brando. I just purchased a white Brando one so hoping its as good as it appears. I noticed plenty of the Ebay ones dont mention it but when i emailed the sellers, they are charge only, dont support data sync which would be a hassle having to always remove it from the case.

Whereas this one mentions data sync exists.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] NinthGhost:
data sync?

Pretty sure data sync cannot function thru the magnetic charging port but...

So does the data sync work on the Brando battery case???

Pretty awesome if it does!
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] rexboy:
Nope, definitely doesn't support data sync. When I advised the seller of this, they apologised and eventually offered me a refund in full, allowed me to keep the case and advised they would update their website to remove that it supports data sync but few days ago when I checked they haven't updated anything lol

Sent from my Z2
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbG33K:
I've been an avid Windows Phone user since it first came out as Windows Phone 7. Been with it through versions 7, 7.5, 7.8, 8 and finally some of 8.1. Unfortunately, 8.1 lost much of what made it unique, and has decided to become more like Android. To that I say this: If I'm using an OS "like Android" it makes PLENTY more sense to go with an actual Android phone.

So far, I really love my G3! The screen is brilliant (if slightly oversharpened, especially with text), the specs and physical dimensions are superb (coming from the chunk monster that was the Lumia 920) and the customizability is lots of fun.

That said, there are a few things I'd like to change. Assuming Android is as customizable as I think it is, most of them shouldn't be too inconceivable, though if they are, just tell me ;)

1. A serious habit I've formed from using WP is holding the Back button to bring up the Open Apps view. Is there a way I can switch from the Android way (pressing the Overlapping Rectangles nav button) and make it so holding the Back nav buttion brings that view up?

2. Make it so backing out of an app also closes it. I am again very used to hitting the back button to close an app. This seems the least possible, since I'd guess it would involve affecting every app on a molecular level, requiring special coding.

3. Fix the oversharpened look of text. If text is zoomed in, it looks amazing. But even at a normal font size, text can look kind of gross from the over-sharpening. I think I saw somewhere that someone was saying they could lower the screen resolution to 1080p. Would that help? I wouldn't be opposed to trying it, since they said it also had a very positive effect on battery life, while not hurting the visuals too noticeably.

4. Set a separate notification sound for All E-mails and All Texts (again, much like WP does)

My phone is currently NOT rooted, but I would be willing to do so, if there are step-by-step tutorials available and ways to fix things should terrible accidents occur (I'm scared of bricking...)

Please help ease my transition into the wonderful world of Android :)
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jroyalty7:
Well your probably not going to get such a warm welcome posting a question like this in the development section. Your gonna wanna move this post over to the q&a section ;)

Ps

In before the lock!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbG33K:
Shoot! Thanks for the heads up. So should I make a new Thread in the right section, or just wait for this one to be moved?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tybaltus Prime:
^ what he said... What you seek is entirely possible. But this ai t the place to seek it. Welcome to the android xda!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiliyo:
you can ask a mod to move it.

as for what you want, if you root and install xposed there is the g3 tweaks module (in this subforum) that can alter the action of longpressing on the nav buttons, so you can do #1 for multitasking iirc (i haven't changed any of those actions as i like the way they work out of the box.

there's a bunch of other tweaks in that app that can easily customize the phone with little to no risk of messing anything up.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hockeyfreak:
Is there such a mod? Need to locate some of my business phones regardless of what the user sets the location setting to.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
I can't believe that you tried searching for an answer before posting as this has been asked and answered more than once in the forums before.

GPS is a heavy draw on battery and this is an niche request. Given that it is for business use, perhaps you should consider paying someone to make you a custom app.

Alternately, go look in the Play store to see if there is an existing app that does what you want.

Or you could use the xposed framework or tasker to hook onto the method that sets the GPS in the settings.

Or set a BroadcastReceiver service to listen for any change to the GPS status and renable it if changes. e.g.

String provider = Settings.Secure.getString(getContentResolver(),
Settings.Secure.LOCATION_PROVIDERS_ALLOWED);

if (!provider.contains("gps")) {
// if gps is disabled
final Intent poke = new Intent();
poke.setClassName("com.android.settings","com.andr oid.settings.widget.SettingsAppWidgetProvider");
poke.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE);
poke.setData(Uri.parse("3"));
sendBroadcast(poke);
/*
* Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "GPS On Success",
* Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
*/

Code untested by me

Credit to ken.okech.94

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parvez mulla:
is anyone can halp me to know whats reason my wifi and bluetooth not working
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irscotty:
Ok well the more information you provide the easier it would be for someone to help so please try and answer the following questions;

What model is your phone? (i9500, i9505, i9505G ect)

Have you recently flashed a new rom?

What was you doing the last time the wifi/bluetooth worked? (Did you download/flash anything?)

Most importantly, have you searched on XDA before posting?

Try search "Wifi issues on i9505" (Use correct model)

I suspect you have recently moved from Jellybean to KitKat and you need a new modem installing, but without the correct information I'm not comfortable pointing you in that direction.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] tburns:
Saw this on blink feed that the 4.4.4 update it's on its way out. Couldn't get a link from blink feed. But have this

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/559578/20140718/htc-one-m8-m7-android-4-3.htm

Give Verizon a month or 3 to get it out.
[T-Mobile LG G3] wase4711:
whats your point?

you posted the same meaningless thing twice
[T-Mobile LG G3] lowlife546:
lol my guess is he's coming from the G2 which had different themes and it seems they've removed it for the G3. The only reason I noticed is my fiancee had some bubbly cloud theme going and was sad she couldnt do it on her new phone.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Mohammed Atif:
I saw a video on youtube, and its a g3 he's changing the theme
[T-Mobile LG G3] Mohammed Atif:
50+ Tips & Tricks for the LG G3!: http://youtu.be/La4p5W9SbbE
[T-Mobile LG G3] BACARDILIMON:
That not t mobile
[T-Mobile LG G3] mgbotoe:
Tmobiled hid the menu option other cariers got it
[T-Mobile LG G3] Mohammed Atif:
Ohk it's only tmobile
[T-Mobile LG G3] Tidbits:
It is also missing changing notification tones per contact. I hope this stuff will be added on the next update.