[One (M8) Android Development] Kyuubi10:
Will try it tonight.

I have been on EX kernel this whole time.

And after applying my own fixes (just basically hibernating a bunch of system apps), things seem to have stabilised, and misc in not showing anymore, in its place is something called Over-Counter. - [MENTION=3699616]mwilky[/MENTION] you got any idea what this might be? I did a quick google, but not very detailed.

Lol really dude?? I'm honestly not trying to be rude...although it may seem that way, but there seems to be a huge difference in what we have learned XD

Force GPU rendering always helps... if you are not gaming or using an app which requires GPU usage, it will just generally stay idle. Forcing GPU rendering during normal usage ALWAYS improve performance, since as you said it removes pressure/load from the CPU. Yes the difference may be negligible, but it will always improve smoothness. Since the screen will be rendered in parallel, rather than in a CPU process queue.

While I have heard that using GPU all the time will increase battery use, which is true but again...negligible, it will never slow down a phone. I have no idea where you have heard this from.

Greenify not needed? It is one of the MOST recommended ROOT apps....even WITH doze.

Besides they work very differently, doze works when the phone is idle (e.g. asleep, not being used, screen off.) And it has a delay to turn on, even with aggressive doze.

Greenify focuses on hibernating apps while your phone is still on! Thus not just saving battery while idle, but saving battery while you are actively using the phone. By stopping apps from autostarting in the background. (Great to stop Facebook.)

Seeder. Not needed but useful....If you don't know, nor don't have the time to edit the Entropy settings in the kernel tweaking app, seeder does it for you. And it does it well.

Therefore it's just a preference of mine, one less thing for me to worry about.

Clearing cache once at week actually improves battery! If you are clearing cache too often it will be awful for your battery, but if you do it periodically it can actually be useful.

You see...cache is stored both in RAM and swap, depending on how often you use that cache. Often used cache/ recently used cache is always saved in RAM (which is why RAM cleaning apps are awful for you), those that are a bit older is saved in swap.

Now the problem is....what do you think happens if cache space is full? Your phone will have to delete some before re-occupying that space.

Why is that a problem? Often you will fill up cache with rather outdated data. E.g. facebook wall feed, news app feed - blinkfeed, apps you only use once a month/ or once at all, etc...

These also occupies space in cache. But especially things which get updated often such as facebook and newsfeeds, their outdated cache is also kept. Which means that useless cache, which you will NOT use again is also being kept. But your phone is constantly creating new cache...therefore once it's full it's not anymore a "one pass" process (e.g. write to disk), but it's now a "double pass" process (e.g. delete old data from disk, write new data to disk). This literally slows down your device and uses more battery.

So clearing cache, not too often but periodically such as once a week, in order to keep this a "one pass" process will improve speed AND battery life.

End point...this is the second time this happens, the first was with HTC Mode....now with this. I advise you to seriously double check your facts before posting. XD Sorry mate.