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[Galaxy Note5 General] IIEtCII:
Do you all have scrolling problems ? I just want to check before buying this phone
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
I did it. took like 1 min , the wipe it self seconds. My first charge SOT was 6-7 hours.

My second third fourth and now fifth is 3 hours SOT. I dint add or do anything since first charge.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy Note5 General] sshafranko:
Not at all. Smooth and fast as hell here.
[Galaxy Note5 General] JasonJoel:
Some people think the scrolling stutters on the note 5, some don't. You'll get both answers to that question.

I think it is fine, but maybe I don't whip around scrolling as fast as others. Don't know. I focus on using the phone not seeing how smoothly it scrolls...
[Galaxy Note5 General] farfromovin:
Thanks OP for the heads up on package disabler pro. That is the biggest reason I root, to get rid of crap. I didn't disable half the services you did, cause I like a lot of the "enhanced" features of TW, but it got rid of all the crap I wanted to. Best purchase on the play store in a long time!

Now I can keep my Note5 "stock" and enjoy Android Pay.
[Galaxy Note5 General] DroidDavi:
what in the basic package is messing up samsung pay ? the app and the firmware are enabled i even went back and enable knox just to se if that was it

Edit

I think i got it i enabled samsung billing and it looks like its going to work
[Galaxy Note5 General] farfromovin:
Just a heads up to everyone here if you care at all about Samsung Pay. This app is fine and does not break it. Rooting your phone and going back to stock (i.e. tripping the knox counter) makes Samsung Pay broken forever.

So, this is a great way to get the most features out of the Note5 (and I imagine other new Galaxy devices) while killing off some bloat without harm.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ElQuixote:
A couple items.

1) As great as Adguard seemed in theory, it did seem to drain a lot of battery. I've switched to Lightening browser+.

2) Are people disabling Cheetah Mobile Clean master SDK (com.clean master.sdk)? Does it break something? I'm wondering why it wasn't included in the basic package since I'm assuming it is related to wiping apps out of memory as covered in the AP article
[Galaxy Note5 General] noone606:
Did you find these? What were they?
[Galaxy Note5 General] b4u2:
This setting.
[Galaxy Note5 General] noone606:
Weird i dont have the weather daemon just weather and when i allow it again i still just get the clock not the weather?

N920i with singapore i think firmware ,weird result really
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
I had the same issue.I only have weather. I enabled it but the widget woudnt appear. Then it did. And when I dragged to Home screen it would go but nothing with show.

A restart fixed it
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
Does anyone know of a page that's root specific for debloating the device?
[Galaxy Note5 General] jKK-:
After messing about with this, and basically hand picking bloatware from the "basic" list (disabled about 94 packages) I have a couple strange things. Battery life is definitely improved, but android OS is at 21% which it hadn't been previously, and apps like Snapchat are no longer updating over 4g/LTE, only over WiFi. Is there a package that pertains to mobile data on third party apps in any way?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
PERCENTAGE will always increase when other things are reduced.....

think about it!?!? %%&

PERCENTAGE DOES NOT mean more...

example.....20%of your income spent on food

..... your income for some reason gets reduced.... now 25%spent on food...

your still spending the same.....
[Galaxy Note5 General] ahtr:
What package responsible for popup window and multi windows? I disable some thing and this feature is disappear

Gửi từ SM-N920C của tôi bằng cách sử dụng Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note5 General] mltan_bdo:
Any suggestions please on which apps considered a bloatwares and if disabled cannot effect a good performance of the stock firmware?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
It's been about 10 day since i ran this. I definitely recommend this.

Just wondering if the scroll lags a little and sometimes apps hang for a bit. its like a spike in gaming. anyone know which packages could have cause this. It was mentioned earlier in this thread, but going through 84 pages again -.-.

However nice work author and id rather this small issues than having that bloat on my phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] eskimochaos:
Did you read any of the thread?
[Galaxy Note5 General] jKK-:
Quick update, after restarting to recovery and clearing the cache partition both the Snapchat data issue and Android OS usage cleared themselves up. Silly how far we've come yet things can still get wacky if you don't restart or even reformat every once in a while.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hongkongfbi:
Very impressive off screen time after I have applied the list. Thx OP.

However, it is noticeable that the Web browsing caused huge battery drainage. Around 1% per 2.5 minutes. Is it normal for that? My screen brightness is very low for battery saving and most of the time using LTE for Internet usage. I use lightning browser and habit browser in general. The ost is just 5 hours only. It is quite different with other users e.g. 8 hours or above.....

Sorry for my bad English.
[Galaxy Note5 General] h4x3r101:
it would be a good idea to mention in the OP that people who rooted wont be able to use package disabler pro...unless it's used before the root happens...saves them the $2.

Also, any other way of using your xml file without package disabler? Or maybe with another app?

thnx
[Galaxy Note5 General] The.Yield:
I just did the same and my A-OS drain has gone way down (thus far). We'll see what it looks like when I do full rundown test using GSam tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note5 General] danon.brown:
You can continue to use it but you have to do the process over. Odin to whatever firmware. Install whatever Rom. Install package disabler pro. Then root. I'm rooted and still using it. You could also nandroid a stock setup with the app installed. Dirty flash over it whenever your flashing another Rom.
[Galaxy Note5 General] h4x3r101:
Ill use Ti..but thnx
[Galaxy Note5 General] HeyYoWL:
Hey guys I use the included MS Office from time to time and every time I go in it tells me to update. I hit update and it tells me packages related to it are disabled. Does anyone know which package handles this? Thanks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kolembo:
My two bits - package Disabler Pro works very well.

So we'll infact, that if you follow the disable list, you will not be able to connect to your Smart Switch Desktop manager until you 'enable all disabled'.

It must shut down some processes related to communicating with Smart Switch.

If you try to update your phone you'll get a message that your firmware has been tampered with.

I was worried at first - however, it doesn't affect your Knox - just undisable when you have to.

It does mean that the app is doing some pretty comprehensive disabling!

My battery life is excellent with it working.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Skhulile:
Hello

I know this is a Note 5 thread but I have been following it closely disabled some apps on my S6 edge, and battery life improved but now I have a problem after the previous 2 updates my standby battery life has been poor with everything turned OFF(WIFI, LOCATION etc) I lose like 1% per hour without the phone being used in the night, Now when I check on the battery settings I see Android OS and Android System are up there, which never used to happen, I would usually see "Device Idle" there and find that through the night I lost nothing or 1%. Now Gsam tells me that my phone is held awake for 1hr 25mins within a 4 hour cycle of not using the device, I don't even think this is normal, someone please correct me if I'm wrong. So I seek help in how can I get rid of this horrible standby drain

Thank you
[Galaxy Note5 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Threads like this pretty much summarise why I hate Samsung devices.

Sold my S6 because of having to deal with this bullsh*t grew old, REAL quick.

Cyanogenmod or stock Android cannot be beaten.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
Eh, I think Samsung did really well this time. Compared to the old s3 days. Yeah we have stuff to remove but that's mainly due to carrier stuff. If you get an unbranded version. It's pretty sweet. Or get a custom rom and remove apps before you install it. I still did this on my S2 with slim kat
[Galaxy Note5 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yeah I did have an unbranded S6, the UI is terrible compared to stock/CM (imo obviously)

Even with the apparent "debloating" of the new Samsung phones (that they claimed) I still had a list of over 100 "services" to get rid of, it became tiresome.. I now run a Oneplus 2 with Exodus (CM based) and haven't felt the need to screw around with anything at all since I installed it. With Touchwiz I felt the need to fiddle with every single thing, constantly. After using the S6 for months I dusted off my Oneplus One and instantly fell in love again and realized then and there what the problem was.. TOUCHWIZ. It's just so terrible (IMO)

To each their own I guess, I will never go back.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
I said the same thing to be honest, but I removed what I had. I stalled cherry theme and installed nova launcher. Removed what I didn't want with titanium and I pull over over 9 hours screen time
[Galaxy Note5 General] pratik_193:
Hey guys, what is the app for story album?
[Galaxy Note5 General] scottshu13:
I'm also having bad battery life. Drained about 20% in 3.5 hours with only 40 min of screen on time. Mostly on wifi at work, advanced calling enabled, running package disabler pro with xml package from this thread

Any help that anyone can offer is greatly apprciated. Have not tried factory reset yet. About to try clearing cache from recovery.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
Im getting failed license check on Package Disabler Pro.
[Galaxy Note5 General] aukhan:
Are you rooted??

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[Galaxy Note5 General] The.Yield:
Try the recommendations in this video: https://youtu.be/M14CWF5gnT8

I've done those + everything in this thread, more or less. My standby is now super flatline, approx 0.5% and hour if even that. That's with Wifi and Sync on all night.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jerrywan:
thanx for the guide but mine seems no different since i rarely used my phone nowadays.
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
no different from what..... no body can help you if you don't give us info

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[Galaxy Note5 General] HeyYoWL:
Question, when I try to share an S Note, it pauses a bit and seems like it's trying to load something but ultimately says that "Unfortunately S Note has stopped working". Is there a specific package that is tied to this? Thanks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] The.Yield:
I was running into a LOT of these problems, including somehow breaking video recording capability.

I ended up doing a hard factory restore and manually going into Package Disabler Pro and carefully picking out functionality that I was never going to use (a small number of packages disabled overall). The phone is getting pretty solid battery life still, and everything is working. My plan is to combine far fewer disables with the Greenify app to dial in good overall battery life while maintaining functionality.

I'll be sure to report in how it all works out.
[Galaxy Note5 General] GB1978:
Does anyone use greenify with package disabler pro? I've been using it for a while and just wondered how much difference the non root greenify actually makes.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kuti5344:
I can't get in the phone app to dial a number, when I try to use it system restarts. What might be causing this problem?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
hard to help you if we don't know what you've done.....

but assuming your using package disabler..... just enable everything... see if you back to normal?

if all is back to normal.... be careful what you disabled in future.....

if not back to normal... it is something else causing your problems
[Galaxy Note5 General] kuti5344:
Only disabled in the jpg file in the first page (some didn't for my personal use). Now I installed 3rd party dialer app. Its working fine for now but my second problem still persists even though I disable bloatware/not used apps with package disabler. Android system still eating up my battery nearly the same as display. The phone is on battery for 12h 43m and battery usage says that display used %10 and android system used %6. Isn't that supposed to be %4-3 or lower?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
This ****ty mini update from Samsung. It removed the manage apps and added this optimizing thing under the battery tab. I am experiencing crazy drain. I tried wipe cache and reboot. there is an error there that i have seen before when i click reboot "e: failed to mount /data (invalid argument)" then the phone reboots and works fine. I don't nothing anything different. I am still using package disable pro. with 135 apps disabled.

Could someone help me please?
[Galaxy Note5 General] kuti5344:
Even though I disable the packages with package Disabler pro they are still running under Android system section. How do I prevent them from running in background?

I can force to stop some of them in app manager but the rest is my problem cannot click on force to stop. Without preventing them from running the system keeps eating up my battery for no reason.
[Galaxy Note5 General] sshafranko:
R you talking about the pic below? If so that's just a list of Android system processes. It's always there for info. You see screen mirroring in my pic? I haven't mirrored in 2 weeks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kuti5344:
Yes these are the exact things that I am talking about. If it's just a line of info ok, nothing to worry about ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] seh6183:
Awesome guide. My phone is running much smoother now and getting better battery life. I uploaded the basic xml and then adjusted it according to what I do and do not use. I also had to reenable some things after the fact because I realized some apps need multiple services to function correctly, such as Samsung Pay.

The only problem I am having is that sometimes I unlock the phone and the screen is unresponsive. I cant scroll or pull down the notification shade. I have to lock the phone and unlock it in order to get it going again. I use fingerprint unlock. Has anyone else experienced this?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fanatico:
Hey there all,

Quick question, in theory this should also work for the Galaxy S6 Edge + Correct ? I mean it is pretty much the same OS and both have a similar battery capacity.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
Is 10% drain in idle overnight for 6.5hours normal? I dont think it is.

I was having great batter life and now its gone to hell. I thin i might do a factory reset. Cause even when I wipe partition I get a message when I try to reboot saying E:failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
Use better battery stats to find the culprit. it's not normal. I drain at 0.5% ph
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
Thank you for the reply. I am a little slow so please take it easy one me:(

Before I used to get 7 hour Screen time when i installed package disabler and run basic file. Now only 3 hour.

I check with battery usage in the smart manager app that come with samsung.

so far 10 hr 30 mins (7 hour idle)

Android system 4%

Cell standby 3%

screen 3%

Device idle 1%

whatsapp 1%

Android OS 1%

Google services 1%

snapchat 1%

So i do not see anything weird. is batterstat an app?

Thanks again

edit: I went to play store and buy betterbattery stats, but now i opened and its showing different numbers and I am not sure how to read it

edit2: seem like i cannot do anything with this app, most option need root access. so money lost till i root but it look cool
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
ah sorry, I thought you were rooted. my bad.. the default battery won't tell you much. disable the basic one and see how much your battery improves again. might be a package that you need. why I don't use this app. I'd much rather use titanium to Uninstall bloat. seems that this takes out core things needs to run. you could always disable them manually. (if you can do that) I get about 8 hours or so on time.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
That is okay, atleast you replied. I already have Package disable pro and disabled 135 apps. using the basic package. i did not change anything or install anything new. but all of sudden i started to loose alot of battery at night. I am not sure from what.

Do you now where i can find a guide on how to root?

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[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
do you have a note 5 right? look up arters Kernel and guide
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
I will do thanks. for now I downloaded GSAM battery and I will let it run over a full charge then post back here. try a factory reset then try root.
[Galaxy Note5 General] GB1978:
Yes, Package disabler pro is for Samsung devices
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fanatico:
I've tried everything. I am even using the extreme xml file OP created and still no significant battery life improvement.

Vvolt thing is off

WiFi search while off is also off

GPS location is on but I've always had that on my devices and I don't think it would cause such a drastic dram. I can't make it passed 3h on screen time barely making 3h 30 mins. Total life is about 12_14 hours before I got to charge. Any clues??
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
That's because it's in people's heads that this app magically makes battery life better. This happens a lot on XDA....a person or two will vouch for something, it can be an app, case, screen protector, etc and it spreads like wild fire on here.

I only wish I was the dev of Package Disabler Pro....because he/she/they are making a killing.

People need to understand that uninstalling apps on its own is not going to improve your battery life. It's all about stopping certain apps from syncing and stopping certain apps from running in the background. Yes some of that can be achieved using the app, but it also can be achieved without it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] d0rkster:
Happens to me too, no idea what the problem is. I didn't use the basic xml but I have disabled some apps on my own using titanium backup.
[Galaxy Note5 General] seh6183:
It's strange since that was happening I disabled even more packages and rebooted and it hasn't happened since. The only thing I had happen earlier was that the WiFi would still show full bars but would stop transmitting anything. I would have to turn WiFi off and then on to get it going again. I'll keep testing to see what happens.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fanatico:
Yes and I totally agree with you. I just wish to know what those syncing apps are and what processes I need to end. Don't get me wrong I don't mind spending 2 dollars on the app. It saved me the hassle of rooting and I disable all that crap that I really didn't use. Obviously we are all missing something. One little setting, one disabled sync, one disabled app. That's what I am looking for. I tried to mirror what OP did and did not work. Now I ask, what else has everyone with good life disabled? Any Google Apps like mail or Google keep or drive? Maybe their location setting are always off? Maybe they enabled WiFi sleep during locked phone I don't know.

Just getting the word out there to see if anyone can identify my issue and maybe point something out.

Anyway I'll post all to detail my settings in a post maybe that will help.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jellybear456:
I found this great guide earlier today. I'm using the basic xml plus others I've disabled on my own and followed this and so far so good.

[URL/]http://drippler.com/drip/5-fantastic-tips-enhance-battery-life-note5s6-edge[/URL]
[Galaxy Note5 General] luciferiusXI:
Which application needs to get blocked to get rid of the AT&T Address book?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
hey friend. I am back. now I am sure i have a problem when to bed with 92% and woke up with 64% went back to sleep and woke up at 53%. I dint touch the phone. Id actually pay someone over paypall for help. Can add on skype.

The phone was fine till i did that ****** update (140mb) where they have this manage app tab removed and added app optimization. Something must be running in the background and I have no idea what it is.
[Galaxy Note5 General] luciferiusXI:
Just install wakeup detector and find out.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
Thanks. Ill try this right away

Edit: Seems i need to be rooted for "wakelock detector"
[Galaxy Note5 General] OneTruth:
I've disabled most of the apps I saw in the screenshot you posted + additional ones I felt like I didn't need. Currently the battery is rockin'! It's almost not losing any battery when screen is off and phone is not being used. I didn't use AdGuard, but AdBlocker Plus. Only issue I have with that is that it blocks some websites (like xda) and apps which use the internet. It's weird and will need to investigate that.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kaefers:
yeah :)

Thank you! Love that screenshot!

Got my Note N920C today.

I didn't honestly even know what to do without root. Out of the box the Note 5 is like a toy, not a phone :silly:

But, since the Knox 0x0 is not solved yet, I thought I give it at least ONE week before I root anyway... :cyclops:
[Galaxy Note5 General] Skhulile:
Hello

Sorry to hijack, but I'm getting the same terrible battery life in idle, I lost about 16% last night, and this is happening after the update that brought the "App Optimization" feature under the battery settings. I used to get like 7-10hrs SOT and would sleep for like 6hrs and my battery would only go down by 1%. It seems like this new feature is causing trouble or something else is, because this is happening on my S6 edge and you using a Note 5 and after a similar update you facing huge drain. Now I'm thinking of disabling it(The App Optimization feature) to see if it helps as it' really annoying that "Android OS" keeps my phone awake for like 6hrs and always top of the list on the things draining my battery. I would root if that never tripped Knox so I can use Wakelock Detector to really see exactly which activity is keeping the phone awake.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
same boat as you. I dont want to do a master reset. Please please if you find out what it is or a fix do let me know man.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Skhulile:
I will definitely let you know bro, also if you find a solution, let me know
[Galaxy Note5 General] snir6590:
hey guys, just got my new unbranded note 5 .

which apps do i have to disable for a better battery life ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Racso562:
Initial increase in battery life now gone

Hi all,

I read through all the pages of this thread and I'm not finding myself in the same boat as some of the people who posted earlier about losing their great battery life. After initially disabling all the bloat and such, I got much better battery life. I was getting 5+ hours of SoT (I know not as good as some here, but it was a major improvement for me) and pretty good standby time.

Now I'm noticing that I'm back to 3.5 hours of SoT, while having what I consider good standby time (lose about 1 or 2% a night).

Has anyone found a way to fix this or what could be causing the battery life to revert to what it was originally?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrlooolz:
Yesterday, there was no drain and I got amazing time out of the phone again. Did a full charge today abd lost 45% over 6 hours. barely using the phone. This is ridiculous.! if not fixed withing 10 days ill do a hard reset. I cant believe I have to deal with this ****. Any luck with you?
[Galaxy Note5 General] abu46:
can the ultra power saving mode work with default samsung keyboard disabled?? coz i had to hard reset my phone after disabling apps(cant remember if i disabled the emergency launcher as mentioned in OP), but the phone refused to read the fingerprint and asked for the backup password and even though i had swiftkey as my default keyboard, it never appeared!!