[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] _Bon_Bon:
I Represent to you:

The_Thing

The first and original

FULLY

customizable bloatware remover and realtime device optimizer​

INDEX

First post:

Introduction, Features & Images

Second post:

Changelog & Downloads

Third post:

How everything works & Other useful info

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INTRODUCTION

Hey! The_Thing started as a AROMA installer originally made for the Samsung Galaxy S4, that allowed the user to choose what bloatware they wanted to remove. It has come a long way from that, now including many tweaks to increase performance, battery life, audio quality, camera quality and smoothness. But this MOD isn't intended to be just full of tweaks, they're just an added BONUS. It's made to grant the user as much power over his phone and its performance as possible, trough customizable bloatware removal, "The_Thing" and "Tim" scripts.

You can find a specifically optimized profile for Galaxy S4 here

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FEATURES

FULLY

customizable Installation thanks to AROMA installer

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The_Thing script

Main script, that is used to control different settings and to access all the mods features:

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Bloatware backup manager

Bloatware backups are generated during removal if the user chose so.

They can be then removed or restored if needed.

Additional settings tab

It includes special abilities, like:

Swap and Zram creation

Init.d support, can be created if not supported originally by the users device

A Full Malware and Adware blocker made by @BSDgeek_Jake

A Fixer script, that can fix all sorts of common problems encountered while using Android

Uninstaller

I don't know why I should advertise the ability to uninstall the mod, but hey!

It's good to know that it's there ;)

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It also contains the following basic tweak scripts:

Killer script

Every user set hours Kills apps and processes defined in its Settings data files, to prolong battery life and to improve performance.

Smoothie script

Improves users phones UI and Games performance, for maximum smoothness and fluidity.

Cleaner script

Every user set days Cleans:

Androids excess junk

Android and app cache to save upto 1G of space!

Log and Usagestat files

And recent processes to save space, performance and to prevent the famous BlackScreenOfDeath.

User can also define additional directories and files to be cleaned.

Ram Booster script

Optimizes users RAM usage based on how much physical RAM the device has.

Also has the ability to lock user defined apps into memory. Usefull for apps you want to stay active and speedy, like WhatsApp

Tweak Engine script

The main basic tweaker. It has tweaks to improve:

Internet speed, Graphics performance, Battery life, I/O and Storage performance, Audio quality, Camera quality and Android Logging for a more pleasant user experience

Fstrim script

Trims /data, /system, /cache and /preload every user set days to improve storage performance and to prolong phones storage lifetime. It also dumps cahce to speed things up on devices that have memory leaks

App Optimizer script

Has three scripts build-in, that run every user set days:

SQLite Optimizer, Optimizes apps database files for faster access and a more pleasant app usage experience.

Zipaligner, Aligns apps and their files to keep their RAM usage low for a more seamless multitasking.

PermFixer, Fixes apps permissions to prevent FCs

AdBlock

Contains the Ad and Malware Blocker made by BSDgeek_Jake, for the user to install. You can choose between, Full, Light and Original blocker to keep the user safe and Ad-free

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Tim

Tim runs in the background, optimizing the users phone depending on what they're doing:

App Locker, to regularly lock foreground apps into memory for less lagier usage.

Schedules, to regularly Clean, Trim and boost the users device when you're not using it.

A Wake Lock Blocker to improve battery-life!

Stops processes causing Wake Locks to ensure the device goes to Deep Sleep

A Charger, for faster charge times and healthier batteries!

Controls how and at what speed the users device is charged to ensure its battery stays helthy.

It calibrates the users battery and androids Fuel Gauge while he/she is sleeping and it even gives a little to notify the user when his/her device is ready to roll

And basically does all the dirty work for you :p

It currently has 7 profiles:

Default

A User controlled profile, that's enabled when no other specific profiles are set

Gaming, for the true gamers

Maximized performance and sound quality for the awesome adventures awaiting!

Music, to keep that music playing!

Maximum battery savings, while still maintaining uninterrupted music playback!

Internet, for more fluid surfing the web!

Optimizing memory and internet usage to ensure speedy browsing!

Performance

A basic performance profile to squeeze all the juice out of the users device!

Battery/DeepSleep

Made to keep the users phone running as long as possible!

Multitasking

Made to keep the lags away, while the user switches back n' forth between apps!

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Bloatware removal customized to include unwanted apps from custom ROMs to stock ROMs for many phone brands

All Removed Bloatware will be Backedup if the user wants

The apps you can

choose

to remove:

General apps:

AudioFx

Apollo

BasicDreams

Browser

Calendar

Camera2

CellBroadcastReciever

CMFileManager

CMHome

CMWallpapers

Dashclock

DSPManager

Eleven

Email

Exchange2

Galaxy4

HoloSpiralWallpaper

LiveWallpapers

MagicSmokeWallpapers

Music

NoiseField

PhaseBeam

PhotoPhase

Phototable

PicoTts

VideoEditor

VisualizationWallpapers

VoicePlus

WhisperPush

SimToolKit

HTMLViewer

cLock Widget

Calculator

NFC Service

Goole apps:

Chrome Browser

Cloud Print

Gmail

Google+

Google Calendar

Google Desk Clock

Google Docs

Google Drive

Google Earth

Google Fitness

Google Keep

Google News & Weather

Google Now Launcher

Google Play Books

Google Play Games

Google Play Movies & TV

Google Play Music

Google Play Newsstand

Google Search

Google Sheets

Google Slides

Google Text-to-Speech

Google Wallet

Hangouts

Maps

Sound Search for Google Play

Street View on Google Maps

TalkBack

YouTube

I'll add explanations what they do later, for now just google them

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IMAGES

Will be added soon [Hopefully :p]

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Thanks to:

- [MENTION=4282676]slaid480[/MENTION] for letting me use his Fly-On mod as a guide on how to write init.d scripts :highfive:

- [MENTION=402300]amarullz[/MENTION] for developing AROMA. With out it, none of the interactive installation would be possible

- [MENTION=1107425]lambgx02[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4576707]Ryuinferno[/MENTION] for the Entropy seeder and script

- [MENTION=4877037]BSDgeek_Jake[/MENTION] for the awesome Ad and Malware Blocker

- [MENTION=5670369]BlackGunZ[/MENTION] for fixed SQlite Vacuum & Reindex and Zipaligner scripts

- @Exit_Only for helping me out a little

- [MENTION=2062281]Shade5[/MENTION]

My Tester group:

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MORE TESTERS NEEDED!

If you want to be part of the development, PM me!

Ask before using my work in yours and add proper

credits

If you want to make an optimized version for your device,

ASK FIRST

trough PM

Donations aren't expected, but are appreciated

XDA:DevDB Information

[MOD][TWEAK][SCRIPT] The_Thing V0.9.8 [16/09/2015], Tool/Utility for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

_Bon_Bon

Source Code: https://github.com/DevBonBon/The_Thing

Version Information

Status: Alpha

Current Stable Version: 0.9.8

Stable Release Date: 2015-09-16

Current Beta Version: 0.9.8

Beta Release Date: 2015-09-16

Created 2015-07-31

Last Updated 2015-11-23