[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] Journyman16:
I have been asked how I managed to get good battery and excellent results on Antutu. Note that benchmarks are useful as indicators of how changes affect a given environment but do not necessarily reflect real-world experiences. However I will say my n9005 is as smooth and fast as I could ask for in everyday performance.

I went for months just dirty flashing - I would wipe system, dalvik and cache, install the ROM, SuperSU (even on the ones where it was built in, because I have a Pro licence) then PA-GApps. I use a .gapps-config file to control excatly what GApps flashes (see previous posts of mine)

I then boot, set up the phone, clicking OFF anything Google wants that will happen when apps are not running or wifi is off... basically on the 4 choice screen I click only the top one On.

Once at the Home page, I would boot to Recovery and run my Apps zip file - this is created in TiBu by creating an Update.zip of all apps & data. Then at the Home page again I would tick [Use Nova] & [Always] and then Restore my Nova set up from ExtSD.

Next is into [System Settings] and get Developer turned on, turn on [Advanced Reboot] [Android Debugging] [Local Terminal] [Kill App Back Button] and I set the 3 x Animation scales to 0.5 - I've tried lower but it seems, for my phone, .5 gives me the best Antutu scores.

Start TiBu - it gives an message about the ID number so I reboot at that point - this also enacts the debugging from Dev Options so TiBu can work.

Then it is a matter of setting up my Status Bar and Notifications area how I like it.

But this began giving me issues like others have had around v10.9 I think. I read the thread and searched for answers & tried what I found - things would improve then revert on the next build.

So, here is what I did most recently.

I did a Factory Reset first then I wiped my phone, including intSD but not extSD. I then flashed Tema 11.2, SuperSU pro 2.46 & the more recent GApps.

I started the phone, did basic set up & let it sit for a bit, then flashed my TiBu zip as system file.

Started phone & used TiBu to restore ONLY apps (no data) but not messenger or messaging. (Been having issues with them for a while)

I restored my saved call log, SMS log & contacts & did the personal touches I like. (Status bar, notifications, sounds, lock screen, DPI etc) I flashed Greenify as well - it seems to be working as it should. I haven't used it for a few weeks after I had battery issues and someone posted they removed Greenify and their battery was better.

When I went to bed phone was on 97%. When I woke up phone was on 97%. The most recent Antutu gave me the 49,185 score so it is testing extremely well.

It seems to be charging faster as well, which might be a clue to battery issues - from almost flat when I was having battery issues it took 5 hours to get back to 100%. Yesterday is took 1.5 hours (approx) from 35% to 100% - maybe the issues are to do with battery files in kernel or elsewhere that are not working as they should?

For those with battery concerns, take a look at Stanley08's thread Most of it is applicable to our snapdragon phones and it's worth trying.

Another thing to try is AutomateIt from Play Store. It's not a factor in my improvement last night but it has rules that will switch off mobile data when you connect to a wireless and switch it on when you disconnect. And you can make your own rules. Definitely worth a try.

---------- Post added at 02:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:44 PM ----------

Goddammit! I KNEW Temasek would bring out 11.3 just when my phone is doing so good...

Update or no update... AAAAARGH!!! :D

(translation: 11.3 is up :D )