[Galaxy S III General] metalgearhathaway:
[GUIDE] Guide - S3 Battery savings, performance tips, app advice & Boeffla profiles

***Guide - S3 Battery savings, performance tips, app advice & Boeffla profiles (Jump to post 2!) for Lollipop, KitKat & Jelly Bean!***

CONTENTS

*PROLOGUE AND INTENT

*GET MISSING FEATURES BACK

*BATTERY DRAIN

*CUSTOM KERNELS

*USEFUL APPS

*TROUBLE SHOOTING

*NOTES

*MY BOEFFLA SAMSUNG ONDEMAND PROFILE ON POST 2!!!!

Prologue & Intent

I have used AOSP/CM based roms exclusively since owning Android handsets, there are many benefits to this, especially on handsets that manufacturers simply abandon and leave in a poor state, this is thankfully not the case on our trusty Galaxy S3!

However, one of the bugbears of being in the alpha/beta test world that is CM/AOSP etc, its the many teething bugs that can hamper your usage of the device and to make things more irritating, the S3 has plenty of hardware revisions and proprietary software that makes obtaining a truly perfect experience tricky for the developer and the user to achieve!

For these reasons, like me, you might have decided to return to Samsung stock rom or one of the the excellent refined versions of stock by the likes of [MENTION=3690986]_Sale_[/MENTION] or [MENTION=4242732]qaraqumus[/MENTION] (NeatRom 4.3 & QS 4.4.2 N7100 Port).

When you return, you are greeted by missing features, but also greeted with excellent camera, depending on your view more polished stock applications that you can keep or get rid of according to taste. Of course, the main thing you will start to experience is STABILITY and its quite addictive!

So this guide is work in progress, I only returned to stock based roms 3 weeks ago, I really wanted a good stable camera and I was to be fair a bit bored of being a nightlie flashaholic! If you have useful information that can be verified as useful then please contribute and lets help others realise that stock is not a dirty word!

I find that all of the missing features from customs roms can be replicated and there is no reason to think that you will be de-featured by returning to stock, nor are any of these things laborious or complicated!

How to get the missing features back that you loved in custom roms!

So you have gone back to stock!

a) You are enjoying the stability and you probably love having the stock camera back! Oooh, perfect burst mode and video record pause! yum yum!

b) You are sad, you miss quick panels, you miss pie, you hate the annoying battery alerts and camera low functionality on low battery power!

These are the sort of things I felt I could not live without, so with help from my XDA friends, I have found answers to all the stuff I wanted back! If there is is something missing that you want back, ask on this thread and lets see if we can discover more together!

1) How to get back functionality like no low battery alerts, using your camera properly when on low power, browser exit, system tweaks, battery icon location and style, quick settings layout, sound behavior, long back kill, etc etc!

1. Install Xposed Framework, go here and follow instructions: http://xdaforums.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053

2. Install the most excellent apps you will ever install on your custom rom, Wanam Xposed, now you can configure everything I mention and more! : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.xposed&hl=en_GB

3.. Optional install Gravity Box for Xposed, for enabling a few features not included in the more compatible Wanam! Such as full screen lockscreen widgets and some additional hardware key functionality! Be careful ensure that you mirror any similar settings between Wanam and Gravity Box to ensure you have not cross fighting! [/url]

4. Boot Manager - Highlights what apps boot with your phone and allows you to stop them doing so!

5. Flat Style Bar Indicators - Lets you pick some nice looking wifi/mobile indicators for your status bar

6) Recent App Cleaner - Cleans out my recent apps when I turn my screen off and allows you to select apps that you want to keep open as well

7) Xad - Works like Adaway, stopping adverts where it can, its better than adaway as well

8) Xposed Additions - Allow excellent re-mapping of your hardware buttons!

9) XuiMod - Only use this change the system transitions when opening and closing apps, really nice

10) YouTube Adaway - Removes ads and suggestion pop ups in YouTube

11) Start feeling really happy about returning to stock!

How to stop battery drain!

Ok, this is annoying, but it is easy to sort out! there are some basics to observe and then some extra things you can do as well! Everything can be done safely and be reversable so you may experiment freely! Of course, it's a great idea to do a nandroid backup in case you make a mess of things, but if you follow this guide you will be fine and happy!

i) Get Greenify from the Playstore, run it, follow the instructions and limit the apps from waking your device up! On 4.3 roms I find it very useful, however on 4.4.2 I find it a lot less useful, in fact I don't use it at all on QS and I find that xposed Recent App Cleaner performs a better job. However for 4.3 users, stuff like Facebook etc will wake your phone up until the cows come home, but do not greenify apps that you want to be able to deliver on demand messages, like Whatsapp etc, obvious? UPDATE - If you are Pro user then use the Hibernate and Lock Feature to ensure your phone goes to sleep nicely!!!https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en_GB

ii) Instal betterybatterystats, follow the xda thread to understand more about what you are doing and you will soon know which naughty apps that are waking up your device! You can then install apps such as Titanium Backup and freeze those apps, so that they no longer run and no longer drain your battery. If you decide you want an app back, then unfreeze it! It is as safe as that! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en_GB

iii) Tryout Recent App Cleaner for ensuring apps a killed when your screen is off, seems to work better on QS/4.4.2 roms than greenify, read my post here : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58086117&postcount=112

Alternatively use RootAppDelete, i prefer this app, you simply click on system app, choose junior mode (pro mode will delete the app, which is fine if you know for sure you want an app gone forever! or at least untill you next flash an update rom back to your device, disabling is the safer and easier option!) which will then only freeze the apps (just like titanium) and you then tap the offending app and allow it to disable it. If you want one back, then tap the disabled icon and tap the app you want to bring back to life! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=zsj.android.systemappremover&hl=en_GB

What system apps should I get rid of?

This depends on your usage and which revision of android/rom you are using, but for me all of the below were pointless battery draining ram using wastes of space or apps that have a better alternative that are more system resource friendly! If you are unsure, google search the name of the app and you will find results explaining what they were doing within the first page of results, i did!:

NOTE: Please make sure you research each app/service to ensure that your application will not be affected by freezing of any of the below, you can do this in google search or if you use Root App Delete you can press the info button to get an instant google search result!

Adapt Sound

Allshare Control Service

Allshare file service

Application Installer

Badge providers

Basic Daydreams

Best Face

Bluetooth Test

Bubbles

CapabilityManagerService

com.sec.android.app.minimode.res

com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks

com.sec.bcservice

com.sec.android.samsung.drmprovider

com.sec.android.app.wfdbroker

com.sec.bcservice

com.sec.android/app.FlashbarService (the side bar on QS rom, if you don't like it, kill it off here!)

ChocoEUKor

CoolEUKor

CLoudAgent

Deep Sea

DirectShareManager

dropbox

dsmforwarding

dsmlawmo

EasyOneHand

Easy Settings

ELM Agent

EmergencyManagerService

enterprise permissions

enterprise sysscope service

enterprise sim pin service

enterprise vpn

Enterprise Sim Pin Service

faceunlock - YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS FEATURE??

factory test

Factory Mode

fm radio - YOU MIGHT WANT IT?

fwupgrade

gallery - YOU MUST REPLACE THIS WITH SOMETHING HOWEVER - REPLACED WITH QUICK PIC ON MY PHONE - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&hl=en_GB

gmail - UNLESS YOU WANT IT OF COURSE!

Google One Time Init

Google Partner Setup

Google Search

Launcher (Make sure you have another launcher installed first!)

LCDtest

Luminous Dots

mobile tracker

MDMApp

Multimedia UI Service Layer

Music (I prefer other music players!)

musicfx

nfc service - YOU MIGHT WANT IT?

nfc test

OMACP

OmaDrmPopup

pagebuddynotisvc

perso

PickupTutorial

Phase Beam

PhoneUtil

photoscreensavers

Photowall

PopupuiReceiver

remote controls

RilNotifier

RoseEUKor

SamsungSans

samsung account

Samsung Link Platform Connectivity

samsung keyboard - YOU NEED A KEYBOARD - I USE GOOGLE KEYBOARD! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin&hl=en_GB

Samsung SBrowser Syncadapter

samsung setupwizard

samsung test to speach

screen mirroring

SecWallpaperChoose

Self Test Mode

Service Mode

ShareShotService

silent logging

S Planner (Google Calendar rules!)

smartcardmanager

smartcardservice

software update

sysscope

Tags

TCP Dump service

touchwiz - IMPORTANT YOU MUST INSTALL A REPLACEMENT LAUNCHER BEFORE REMOVING! I LIKE Smart Launcher - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree&hl=en_GB

tmserverapp

TopicWall

trypan

User Manual

UltraCfg

video

videoplayer - YOU WILL WANT A VIDEO PLAYER, MOST USE MX PLAYER! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad&hl=en_GB

Weather Widget

Weather Widget Main

WlanTest

wssyncmlnps

AS I SAY, GOOGLE SEARCH NAME AND READ UP ABOUT WHAT THE APPS ABOVE DO BEFORE DISABLING THEM, BUT IF YOU WANT THEM BACK JUST UN-DISABLE! SO VERY SIMPLE!!!

Custom kernel sir?

Your stock kernel is good! Remember that!

The custom kernels are better if only if you have to have some of the features, like a desperate need to under or overclock your device, change led behavior and so fourth!

There are many to choose from and you will find them easily enough, I am sure you know of them! I use Boeffla and I have a stable gently overclocked profile you can get from my signature if you want an easy ride with great OC performance, stability and great battery results!

However, it's always best to stay on stock kernel whilst you make your system stable, once it is, then is the time to play with your kernel! I won't and nor will most other users want to help you if you don't follow that simple rule!

Other useful apps and mods!

Pie Control - Miss Pie? Get it here for free! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol&hl=en_GB

Reboot - Handy app to bring up a customisable reboot menu! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ams.reboot&hl=en_GB

Screen Off & Lock - Does as it says! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock&hl=en_GB

Adaway - Get rid off those nasty adverts, but maybe limit some genuine useful free apps from making revenue for their authors, let you conscience decide! - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2190753

Nice camera hack for picking replacement gallery viewer, battery options etc - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50652193&postcount=15015

Chronus - Get the good old lockscreen weather and calendar widget that features in most AOSP roms, just make sure you select the Chronus Flex widget when you pick your lockscreen widget, that's the one you'll be after! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dvtonder.chronus&hl=en

Yet another screen brigtness app - Sick of Samsung's lame auto brightness feature locking to full brightness and requiring a phone reboot? Or annoyed it won't let you tailor the service the way you want? Well, install this and be very happy! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.gyrus.yaab&hl=en

Bored of Touchwiz and in general all of the samey samey swipey swipey launchers out there? Try Smart Launcher 2! I have not looked back since, perfect experience for your phone, just be willing to play with it for half an hour and I'm sure many of you will appreciate it's overall simplicity! Of and freeze touchwiz afterwards and save yourself a nice chunk of RAM! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree&hl=en

Trouble shooting

Correct Wiping procedure:

Forgot the correct procedure for wiping your phone when making a switch between rom variants? Just so you do know, when moving from Android revisions or even within the same android build number (i.e. 4.2.2 / 4.3 / 4.31 / 4.4.4 etc) IT IS IMPERATIVE that you Factory Wipe Data, Cache, Davlik and format System! Failure to do so can lead to odd performance or nasty bootloops! Thanks to [MENTION=5132813]andrewwright[/MENTION] for reminding me to remind you! :)

NOTES

I have not developed any of the apps or mods or guides that are linked to this guide, please pay respect to their respective authors and contributors directly on their forum threads.

I will endeavor to update this guide with new things I discover and learn from peoples contributions on this thread.

You always take responsibility for your device! The easy way to protect yourself is make a nandroid backup, back up your apps using titanium backup, freeze or disable your apps rather than uninstall them, don't do anything suggested on this thread unless you are either competent or willing to learn as you make mistakes!