[G 2014 General] KrishnaSagar:
Hey guys,

Now that most of you guys have probably flashed-up Lollipop on your Moto G (2nd Gen)s, I have taken the liberty to put together a guide to increase your Battery Life and Performance of your Devices.

As of now, this guide is NON-ROOT based. (Rooting is still unstable, Bootloops : Yuck!). And, I'm a big fan of the KISS

(Keep It Simple Stupid)

concept so thats how this is gonna go:

BASICS:

1. Use the Toggles!

Now that Lollipop has provided even easier access to a wide variety of Toggles, its only fair that we use them. So toggle off whenever you're not using WiFi, Bluetooth, Location etc..

Swipe Down with 2 fingers and see for yourself!

2. Mobile Data

Again.. Use the toggle in the Notification Centre to toggle on and toggle off when not in use.

Use 2G instead of 3G if you're only IM-ing (WhatsApp,Hike,Hangouts etc..). To switch the Cellular Data type, Tap and hold the Data toggle in NC to open the Cellular Network page, on the top right corner, tap the 3 dots and select Mobile Networks. Here use the Preferred Network Type to switch between 3G and 2G.

3. Battery Saver

Believe it or not, Battery Saver is not just a name-sake feature anymore like in KitKat, It actually works this time in Lollipop. Keep the Auto-Enable for Battery Saver ON at 15%.

You can access the Battery Saver by using the 2 finger swipe down from top, tap and hold the Battery Percent in the NC to open the Battery Settings page. Now tap the 3 dots and select Battery Saver.

When going on a trip or drive, turn on the Battery Saver while Driving (Unless you're expecting some notifications) and disable them when you reach your destination. Its so easy to disable as it displays a persistant notification in the NC and the Lockscreen when it is active. Just swipe down on the Notification and tap on Turn Off Battery Saver to disable it.

4. Use WiFi whenever possible

Wifi uses less battery power than 3G.

A power consumption chart in Decreasing order of Battery Consumption is:

3G>2G>Wifi

So choose wisely.

5. Auto-Brightness - DO NOT USE!!

Screen brightness is always one of the biggest battery drains on your device. And although auto brightness sounds like a saviour, IT IS NOT! It uses more processing power to keep track of the ambient lighting to auto adjust the brightness which defeats the overall purpose.

6. Disabling Apps

Apps can run in the background without you even knowing, hogging up memory and battery. Disabling the ones you dont need can help big time.

Go to Settings> Apps and slide all the way to the left to the All category, select the unwanted app and hit Disable. You can re-enable these apps anytime also. My suggestions would be to disable the Moto apps - Assist, Migrate, and Help, and also any of the Google apps you dont use such as Magazines, Newsstand, Movies, etc.

PRO-TIP: If you're willing to endure the 10 minute boot after rooting for once, then root your device using the latest SuperSU, Install any Root App Uninstaller and Uninstall the Un-Neccesary apps. You can then do a Full UnRoot from the SuperSU app and reboot. Voila.. Back to Normal and no more unnecessary app (I dont like to call Moto Apps as BloatWare cause these apps actually provide some usable functionality!)

7. Customizing with Efficiency in Mind

Use launchers like Google Launcher, Nova, Apex and GEL. These launchers are light weight and do not use much processing power.

Heavier launchers such as Go Launcher, Themer, Next Launcher 3D use a lot more RAM and can slow down your phone + drain battery.

8. Google Now

Nothing much to say here... If you dont use it, TURN IT OFF!!

9. Google Sync

Check your sync settings to make sure you're not syncing stuff you dont need. Go to settings>Accounts and tap Google, then tap your account name. Uncheck any of the services you dont use, for example Books, or Photos, or Google+. Do the same for anything else in you Accounts section.

10. Location

Again, turn On when in use and turn Off when not in Use. Use the toggle in NC!! Go to Settings>Location>Mode and make sure its on Battery Saving if you're insistent on keeping it ON.

Turn off Location Reporting in Facebook AND Facebook Messenger. In fact if you don't absolutely need it, delete the Facebook Messenger app altogether. The Facebook app will still give you your message notifications just fine without it.

11. RAM cleaner/ Booster Apps

These DO NOT WORK! They clean the RAM and drink it up again. And if they have those floating buttons, they are Worse!!

So thats most of it.. I'll keep updating this post with ROOT-based tips once a Stable Root is available for Lollipop.

Shoot back with comments and suggestions (and Criticism as well!)

Cheers :)

Krishna Sagar