[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
This is a follow-up post to my GUIDE: ROOT, install XPOSED, and UNROOT/returning to stock a Verizon Galaxy S7

So you want even better performance and battery life than what I include in my flashable update package and in my deep debloat flashable update package? Not afraid to get your hands dirty with more hands-on config? Not afraid to fork over a few dollars to get the nice root apps we need to do so? Well okay then, let's dive in!

Disclaimer: You tweak your phone at your own risk,

even if you follow my guide exactly

. If something doesn't work right for you or you have problems, feel free to report it so I can modify my guide accordingly, but I'm not offering anyone specific support or help with any of this process. This is just what I do to make my phone that much more optimized.

[IMG="typical battery life: over 50 hours"]http://i.imgur.com/lh0rsDp.png[/IMG] [IMG="90 minutes screen on time for half battery drain"]http://i.imgur.com/4RyIB6u.png[/IMG]

Apps you'll need:

Android Google Play Store apps you'll need:

Amplify (including in-app pro activation)

ForceDoze (free)

Greenify (including pro package)

L Speed [ROOT] (free)

LeanDroid (including in-app pro activation)

Android Xposed modules you'll need:

Amplify (installed via Play Store app)

Greenify (installed via Play Store app)

(don't forget to activate Xposed modules after you've installed them, then reboot your phone)

Additionally, you'll need the Xposed framework installed and functional. Check my root guide under Recommended Next Steps if you need help with that.

You'll notice that I don't use any task managers (with the slight exception of Greenify, but it's going to be set up to deep-sleep apps, not kill them). You'll also notice I don't use any CPU tweaking apps -- the default settings from our carrier does really well and are persistently set by my flashable update package anyway.

Configuring Android

Note: all of the changes in this section will be in your device's main settings.

Note: on my Verizon Galaxy S7, I use the 'Global' preferred network node (under 'Mobile networks'). Others have recommended LTE/GSM/UMTS instead -- use whichever works best for your device.

Tap on Wireless and networks: More. Tap on Nearby device scanning and turn it off.

Tap on Phone: Display and wallpaper. Tap on Always on Display and turn it off. If the AODService [com.samsung.android.app.aodservice] package is uninstalled or frozen, it should already be off.

Tap on Personal: Location. Enable Location if it's turned off so that you can tap on Improve accuracy and turn both Wi-Fi scanning and Bluetooth scanning off. Turn Location back off if you like. I only enable Location when I need it. Still in the Location settings, tap at the bottom on Google Location History. Tap to turn off Location History.

Tap on System: Developer options (should already be enabled from the root section of my guide). Scroll to three options labeled "Window animation scale", "Transition animation scale", and "Animator duration scale". Set all three to "Animation off".

Configuring Amplify

Note: swipe from the left in this app to get a list of sections.

Settings

Show launcher icon: checked

Choose theme: inconsequential

Service Blocking: checked

Force English: inconsequential

Scroll Item Names: checked

Wakelocks

Note: find the item in the list and tap it to configure, then tap 'ON' under 'SETTINGS' to enable controlling the wakelock, then tap the field immediately under this to configure the throttle for the wakelock.

LocationManagerService: 10 seconds

Icing: 30 seconds

GCoreFlp: 60 seconds

NlpWakeLock: 60 seconds

NetworkStats: 60 seconds

SyncLoopWakeLock: 300 seconds

AudioIn: 240 seconds

NlpCollectorWakeLock: 60 seconds

Wakeful StateMachine: GeofencerStateMachine: 10 seconds

GpsLocationProvider: 1 second

ContextManagerWakeLock: 5 seconds

UlrDispSvcFastWL: 9999999 seconds

RILJ0: 60 seconds

ImsService: 15 seconds

Alarms

Note: find the item in the list and tap it to configure, then tap 'ON' under 'SETTINGS' to enable controlling the alarm, then tap the field immediately under this to configure the throttle for the alarm.

com.android.internal.telephony.data-stall: 60 seconds

com.google.android.gms/.lockbox.LockboxAlarmReceiver: 60 seconds

com.levelup.beautifulwidgets.core.ACTION_REFRESHTIME: 120 seconds throttles the Beautiful Widgets widget refresh time

com.google.android.gms.location.fused.SEND_LOCATION_IN_SMD_MODE: 5 seconds

Services

Note: services can either be enabled or disabled entirely, not throttled.

com.google.android/gms/com.google.android.location.reporting.service.DispatchingService: Deny

com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.internal.PendingIntentCallbackService: Deny

Configuring ForceDoze

Enable the ForceDoze service.

Settings:

Don't disable sensors on screen off: unchecked

Turn off while charging: unchecked

Auto-rotate/brightness fix: unchecked

Show persistent notification: checked (your preference may vary)

Ignore lockscreen timeout: checked

Whitelist apps: (none)

Disable WiFi during Doze: unchecked

Disable mobile data during Doze: unchecked

Disable motion sensing for Doze: unchecked

Doze delay: 0

(disabled) Enable Doze on unsupported device: unchecked

Disable motion sensing for Doze (root): unchecked

Configuring Greenify

Note: most of the performance savings will come from this app.

Working Mode: Boost if you don't see this option, check Xposed Installer and enable the Greenify module, then reboot -- if the Greenify module isn't there, install it from the Xposed Installer first

Shallow Hibernation (experimental): enabled

Aggressive Doze (experimental): enabled

Xposed-based Features -> Wakeup Timer Coalescing (4.4+): checked

Xposed-based Features -> Telephony Wakeup: checked

Xposed-based Features -> Don't Remove Notifications: checked

Xposed-based Features -> Block App State Abuse: checked

Xposed-based Features -> Deep Hibernation (alpha): unchecked

Xposed-based Features -> GCM push for greenified apps: checked

Xposed-based Features -> Greenifying system apps: unchecked

Xposed-based Features -> Reveal Hidden Sync: unchecked

Now you'll need to add apps you want to Greenify. From the main Greenify menu, click the [+] button at the top of the app. Scroll down and click "Show more apps". I would select almost all apps

except

the ones that need to automate or update the UI such as widgets, Xposed modules, print services, dialer/phone, alarm clocks, widgets, etc. Some SMS or chat apps may also need to be skipped, but I personally have Hangouts, Facebook, etc. Greenified and I still get instant notifications for new messages and e-mails just fine. Your experience may vary, so spend some time experimenting with what apps you do and don't like put into hibernation when not in direct use.

Configuring L Speed

Note: some options are preferential and should be researched accordingly if you plan on changing them or are curious what they do. For my phone, I've chosen anything that boosts performance for 'free' (no or very negligible battery cost).

L Speed requires the sqlite binaries to be installed to change some settings. I used Sqlite installer for root, which worked fine. BusyBox does not include this binary.

First, go to Menu -> Settings and enable "Use Advanced UI". This will restart the app with a different interface.

From here forward, you can swipe from the left (or use the menu in the upper left) to access different sections.

Settings:

Use Advanced UI: enabled

Dark theme: disabled (preferential)

Color navigation bar: disabled (preferential)

Force English: disabled (preferential)

Show toggle toast: enabled (preferential)

Use Fahrenheit (°F): disabled (preferential)

Apply on boot delay: 5sec

Show boot notification: enabled (preferential)

Main Tweaks:

Kernel Modification -> Kernel Tweaks: Disabled

Kernel Modification -> Kernel sleepers optimization: enabled

System Tweaks -> Battery improvement: enabled

System Tweaks -> Faster boot: enabled

System Tweaks -> WiFi sleeper: disabled

System Tweaks -> Flag tuner: enabled

System Tweaks -> Assertive display: enabled (preferential)

System Tweaks -> Improve scrolling: enabled

System Tweaks -> Liquid smooth UI: enabled (preferential)

Debugging Options -> Disable debugging: enabled (this is unrelated to USB debugging)

Debugging Options -> Disable kernel panic: disabled

Other Tweaks -> Better in call audio: enabled (does not conflict with ViPRE4Android)

Other Tweaks -> Improve image quality: enabled

CPU Tuner:

CPU Tuning -> CPU Optimizer: enabled (does not conflict with my CPU fixes startup script)

LNET Optimizer:

LNET Tweaks -> NET Buffers: Default

LNET Tweaks -> RIL tweaks: disabled

LNET Optimizations -> Google DNS: disabled (preferential)

LNET Optimizations -> Faster streaming: enabled

LNET Optimizations -> Fast dormancy: enabled

IO Tweaks

Storage IO Tweaks -> SD tweak: Light

Storage IO Tweaks -> IO Boost: enabled

Storage IO Tweaks -> IO Extended Queue: disabled

Storage IO Tweaks -> Partition remount: enabled (preferential: gives more permissions to the SD card)

Virtual Memory

Memory Management Tweaks -> OOM Killer: Enabled

Memory Management Tweaks -> Cache Reclaiming: Minimum

Memory Management Tweaks -> Cache Allocation: Medium

RAM Manager

RAM Manager Options -> Ram Manager: Balanced

Seeder

Seeder Options -> Default

Cleaner

Cleaner Options -> Run cleaner on boot: disabled (preferential)

FStrim

FStrim Options -> Run fstrim on boot: disabled (preferential)

Configuring LeanDroid

Note: I only use LeanDroid's features to compliment Do Not Disturb (aka "Blocking Mode") during specific hours. Tasker or other automated programs could do this, but that's a more in-depth guide. Additionally, this setup will add a persistent notification that you can use to pause/unpause LeanDroid or jump to its settings. That notification can be disabled by going into the app, clicking the [...] menu in the top right, and choosing "Hide notification". I like having it there to know it's on and to pause/unpause it if I'm not using Do Not Disturb for some reason.

LeanDroid master on/off switch: enabled

Disable... -> Wi-Fi: checked

Disable... -> Cellular data -- leave it unchecked if you want the phone to be cut off from all data during Do Not Disturb hours / check it if you want it to be blocked

Disable... -> Cellular radio: unchecked

Disable... -> Bluetooth: checked -- unless you feel that Bluetooth connectivity is important during Do Not Disturb hours

Disable... -> Network location: checked -- unless you feel that location availability is important during Do Not Disturb hours

Disable... -> GPS location: checked -- unless you feel that GPS availability is important during Do Not Disturb hours

Switch... -> Cellular network mode to [varies]: unchecked -- you could check this and enable 2G or 3G if you are allowing Do Not Disturb hours to have access to cellular data, but want to restrict it to lower speeds (uses less battery than LTE/4G)

Switch... -> [varies] after screen off [except] -- multiple options here, set it to '5 MIN' after screen off and click 'EXCEPT ->'

EXCEPT-> Except [varies]-[varies] -- time range, I have mine set from 7:00 AM to 11:30 PM because at 11:30 PM is when my Do Not Disturb is enabled on my phone (until 7:00 AM the next day), adjust yours as necessary

EXCEPT-> remaining options: unchecked -- set as desired, but I have them all off

Restore... -> After screen on: selected

Restore... -> After screen unlocked: unselected

Restore... -> Every [varies] after screen off: unchecked -- configure if you want data enabled in short bursts during Do Not Disturb hours

Restore... -> Data after waiting [varies] for Wi-Fi to connect: unchecked

Use these settings in tandem with Samsung's built-in Do Not Disturb on a schedule. Your phone won't hardly touch any battery overnight if left off the charger (unless you're in a really horrible reception area and/or roaming or something -- cellular radio is still active for phone calls).

For example, I charged my phone to full and then unplugged it overnight while I slept. Here's how battery usage looks in the morning:

[IMG="battery use overnight"]http://i.imgur.com/b3GhM4R.png[/IMG]

The radio antenna is left on, so calls, texts, and MMS can come through (but may be silenced depending on your Do Not Disturb settings), but data is strictly prohibited so if you need e-mail or chat alerts, etc., you would want to enable data every X minutes for X minutes. This will increase battery usage slightly, but not by much.

Enjoy!