[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Questions & Answers] Slade8525:
i installed the following apps...

greenify, paid

tasker, paid

app disabler pro (samsung), paid

nova launcher, paid

lux, paid

gsam battery monitor (no root, as root is not possible)

for regular phone settings, i did the following...

(OPTIONAL APPS)

google drive, sync over wifi on charge only

google photos, sync over wifi on charge only

msft cloud, sync over wifi on charge only

email, sync once daily (i check manually)

DISPLAY

always-on display disabled (i dont use it, about 1.5% battery per hour)

keep screen turned off (pocket/bag setting) off

smart stay on (i love smart stay)

i have greenify set to disable/hibernate all apps i can get away with, and experimental enabled, as well as option to try to greenify system apps, including camera, browser(s), email apps, any apps i usually use and that i dont want push notifications from eg messaging, phone, viber, duo, whatsapp, skype, etc. everything else, set phasers to kill.

Tasker i have set to run greenify auto-hibernate on screen off (pain to set up) but set it to if%time=%time, with 300sec timeout, so basically after 5 minutes, it kills everything running on my phone and goes into hibernation mode, except for messaging/phone apps. i do most my email on my iPad or PC anyways; lots of critical documents and attachments, so i dont use my phone for email much if at all.

Lux i have set to -20 at 0 Lux, and turned way down for everything but super bright sunlight; screen eats the most battery. i have exceptionally good vision, and it took a while to tweak Lux to my tastes, as well as set up correctly. Leave screen overlay setting off after you set it up; Lux plays havoc with other apps as Lux screen overlay messes with just about every other app out there, but when you have lux set up, its great, and will save you a ton of battery life.

i used to use go launcher; nova launcher uses less battery; go launcher has more theme options. i prefer utility and battery life over themes and updates anyways. touchwiz and google launcher do not allow me to lock home screen edit. i only use 1 screen for my home page; very spartan setup.

with app disabler pro (samsung), i disabled the following...

ALL ANT+ services (i dont use them)

App select

AT&T Address book, address book sync, hot spots, locker, protect plus, remote support, software update (i enable/check manually)

Basic daydreams

BBCAgent

Bluetooth test

Briefing

Call log backup/restore

Caller name ID

ChocoEUKor

Chrome

Color adjustment (for colorblindness)

ALL facebook stuff (i am not on facebook) com.facebook.appmanager, com.facebook.system

com.samsung.android.app.watchmanagerstub

com.sec.android.app.customizations

Control TV

CoolEUKor

Device Help

DIRECTV

DriveMode

EasySetup

EmergencyZone

Facebook

Favorite Contacts

Foundation

Game Launcher (i dont play video games)

Game Tools

GameMode

GamepadService

Gmail (i use K9 mail for all my email accounts together)

Google Play movies and TV (dont use it)

Google Play Music (dont use it)

Hancom Office editor

Hangouts

Help

HwModuleTest

Kies Application BnR

KNOX

KnoxAppsUpdateAgent

LiveBroadcast (camera feature, ill never use it)

Lookout

Magnifier

My interests

My places

MyAT&T

News&Weather

Photo screensavers

Plenti

Print Spooler

Remote

Remote Controls

RoseEUKor

S Finder

S Voice app (i dont use any voice command stuff, but both google and samsungs work VERY well; GF uses them both daily)

Safety information

Samsung Galaxy

Samsung Milk Music

Samsung Push Service

Samsung DLPservice

SapaMonitor

Selective focus (phone feature ill never use)

Setup wizard (after you set it up 1st time you dont need it anymore)

Smart Limits (i still have a grandfathered unlimited data plan; i average 100-150GB/month of data usage)

SmartCardManager

SmartCardService

Software update (manually enable and check)

SoundAlive

Spanish Language Pack

Surround Shot (another cam feature ill never use)

TetheringAutomation (i dont have it)

TetheringProvision (i dont have it)

Theme store

themes

Touchwiz easy home (i use Nova launcher)

Touchwiz home

Uber (never use it)

UrgentFWUpdateTSP (manually enable and check)

Usage Manager

Virtual tour

Voice assistant (dont use it)

voice service (dont use it)

voice wake-up (dont use it)

weather (there are 2; this one should be pink)

weather (2nd one, in black)

withTV

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