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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Check wakelocks and alarms using Amplify... look for any that you aren't restricting that seem high. I also recommend GSam Battery Monitor to track down out of control battery drain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] CVertigo1:
Is anyone else having an issue with the phone getting stuck at a black screen when rebooting? I applied these tweaks and now the phone won't reboot without black screening. I need to hold down both volume buttons and power to force a reboot when this happens. The same thing happens when powering off.

I should probably note that I'm on the G930U firmware now, so that may have something to do with it as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] wilson289:
So I've gotten similar results, but for some annoying reason my Android System and Kernal (Android OS) ALWAYS sits atop my GSAM list. I've gotten 3 hours SOT on 40 hours uptime, so could this just a be bug? I'm tempted to return to stock and re-root and re-flash everything, but wanted to get some thoughts before doing so as that will take a good chunk of my time.. Please let me know!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] CVertigo1:
I also notice my app drawer blacks out half pages or complete pages worth of apps. I'm using Apex launcher, but it hasn't had any issues until after this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Sorry, you two -- I can only verify original firmware (PE1 or later, and not the U or other variants) that that issue doesn't seem to exist. Try making a backup of your stuff and unrooting/rooting with my guide on a stock firmware and see if that helps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Psychlone:
[MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION] - Have you tried AppOpsXposed before? (it's in Xposed downloads)

I had previously used it on older rooted devices to stop lots of apps from loading up at boot that I feel don't need to run unless I click on them, but I don't know if using it would mess up any other settings/scripts/etc if we've already followed this thread.

I'm not getting the great screen-on battery life that some others seem to be getting and I'm not sure why. I've checked alarms and wakelocks via and can't really find anything that's out of control that I recognize what it is or hasn't already been tweaked via your guide.

However, when I open up AppOpsXposed, I find that most apps are still set to load up at boot... just not sure if it's a misnomer due to AOX not being supported fully(?) or something to do with all the previous tweaks.

Screenshot 1 & 2 are what I see in Amplify (already tweaked via this thread)

Screenshot 3 & 4 are my battery stats (standard Samsung Settings > Battery)

Screenshot 5 is a single page that is seriously long that shows all apps that are set to run at boot (this is AOX)

Any ideas?

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I followed this fine-tuning guide completely. Greenify is greenifying everything that isn't a widget, etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
First to answer your question: I wouldn't worry about restricting boot-time apps. Both ForceDoze and Greenify will take care of app hibernation stasis and I doubt (hope?) you aren't rebooting your phone a lot, so it shouldn't really matter much.

Second, it's not really advisable to blanket-throttle everything that's safe... if it's not chewing through battery and you aren't 100% sure you know why you want to restrict a wakelock or alarm, you probably ought to not. A few hundred wakelocks over the course of a few hours isn't that much if the wakelock isn't doing anything tremendous.

Finally, did you apply my v15 fix or fix+debloat from my root thread? It could just be a matter of poor battery performance as a result of incorrect CPU settings. You should apply that fix exclusively and not use any other app that modifies your CPU's settings (no Kernal Aduitor, etc.). It could also be a symptom of poor network or Wi-Fi signal, both of which are easy to test for (leave network data off for a while -- then leave WiFi off for a while with network data on, see if you get drastically different results).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Psychlone:
Thanks for the reply. I am actually rebooting the phone far more than I feel I should, but it's because it completely locks up and gets really hot. I've had it go from 100% battery to 40-something just waiting to see if the kernel would catch up but after 30+ minutes of doing nothing but staying blistering hot I realized that it required me to soft reboot and that's what I've been doing every time it locks up (several times (3-4) per day).

I jumped right into rooting this the day I found your guide and dirty-flashed v13 fixes and debloat and everything else but kept having the phone get really, REALLY hot along with other strange behavior, so I opted to start from scratch and try it all again just the other day which is where I'm at currently. Day 3 of a completely fresh setup.

I factory formatted via vol down + vol up + power.

After setting the phone up from scratch, I followed the root guide to the letter including installing VZWS7_PE1_Fixes_V15. (I'm on verizon)

I didn't allow Google to reinstall anything, I set it up as a new device thinking that something in my previous setup might be causing the problems. I didn't even restore anything via TiBU but my invoicing program, so there's literally nothing that got installed that didn't come straight from google play 3 days ago and even then I was pretty selective about what I installed.

After following the root guide, I followed this tweaking guide to the letter.

Unfortunately my phone still gets really hot while the screen is on, doesn't really matter what I'm doing but more intensive tasks obviously heat it up faster and hotter.

I don't mind some of the drawbacks of having root because having Viper available was necessary for me (audiophile), but I really wish I could pinpoint what's causing my horrible experience.

I am going to flash VZWS7_PE1_Fixes_Debloater_V15.zip right now and go through all of my settings, leandroid, greenify, forcedoze, amplify, lspeed and such and verify that I didn't miss something critical.

I know you're not psychic and can't see what I'm doing, but if you've got any input let me know - I would seriously appreciate it. I already appreciate how much help you've given the community as of late!

EDIT: FWIW, I was one of the original Verizon S7 owners that had not so great battery life when WiFi is enabled. Turning it off allowed me to gain a few hours of battery life. I never tried turning off data to test. I guess I should install GSAM and do some testing there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] ickedmel:
Just wanted to post I'm finally getting good battery life though i did underclock the processor. I'm going to try now without underclocking at regular speed. I'll post tomorrow my battery stats at regular speed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] eminem5055:
Getting great battery life after the second day! Thanks for the guide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] krispzz:
I've been getting great battery life, was down to 15% after 2 days on battery and light/normal use.

I did notice that my exchange email using the samsung email client was no longer getting push notifications while the phone was dozed. White-listing "Email" in greenify wasn't enough to get them back, I also had to manually "Add package" com.samsung.android.email.provider to the ForceDoze whitelist setting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Psychlone:
For the love of ALL that is Holy, post your settings and what you've done! That's what I've been looking for since root was attained, yet it seems so far out of reach that I'm just grasping at straws.

If you did anything different, installed and tweaked any other apps than what's in this thread, please detail them. You've got what others want!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Glad to hear you've tamed your phone! :)

Except for underclocking, it sounds like he just followed my guides. I regularly get 2-3 days of battery life per charge, depending on how many hours my screen's on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jman1365.js:
I just followed the greenify tutorial and now it seems that a messaging app I have installed (groupme) doesn't notify me when I get a message anymore. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have whitelisted it in aggressive doze and have all recommended settings ticked under xposed based features.

Thx in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Check ForceDoze to see if it's whitelisted there as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jman1365.js:
I checked and it is whitelisted there aswell.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Not sure. You could disable ForceDoze and only use Greenify. Then only Greenify certain apps one at a time until you stop getting notifications (or only use Greenify for a while). I don't use the app you're having issues with and I'm not missing any notifications, so there's not much else I can suggest.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jman1365.js:
Thanks I'll troubleshoot and see what I can come up with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Psychlone:
[MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION] - I flashedVZWS7_PE1_Fixes_Debloater_V15.zip for the second time and went through every single setting from this guide and verified that everything was as you had yours and it was, however, my phone hasn't hung and forced me to reboot once today, so I must have done something wrong with the initial flash of the zip or something.

I'm happy to report that my battery life is much improved from where it was - not the best but far superior to where I started a few days back.

Just thought I'd drop a note to let you know that perhaps there was something wrong with the way I initially flashed VZWS7_PE1_Fixes_Debloater_V15.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Enchinga:
Thank you for the awesome guide. I just got done tweaking everything on my phone according to the guide and I am currently at 44% battery, and I am excited to see how long I can go. I'll post an update on battery life after I've used it for a couple of days. I have sort of a low priority question. I can't seem to find the "Blocking Mode" function mentioned in your guide on my phone. I have the Verizon S7i Edge, I'm rooted according to your guide and I flashed both the initial debloat zip (I couldn't use the verizon specific zip. It never flashed properly and kept saying failed, but the universal zips worked just fine) and the deep debloat zip; also, I double checked them following the manual guide. I was just wondering if you could help me find it somewhere in the settings or did the zip files delete this function. Thank you again, you da best.

One more thing: Just to be sure, you don't have to reboot or anything like that after changing all these settings or should I? And if I was to reboot, would I have to go back and change all the settings back to what they were before? Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] GartimusPrime:
So, I went from having a few days on battery to 18hrs in one day. I didn't change anything so I am unsure what has happened. Any thoughts?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] jtash01:
One of the tweaks is causing Google play to give a error about background data not activated. I have checked the settings in the mobile data settings and it is not restricted there. Where should I look to resolve this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Blocking mode is in your device's settings (the standard Android settings menu). It's under Settings -> Phone (section) Sounds and vibration -> Do not disturb. If you use the quick settings (swipe down your notification bar, then tap the arrow in the far upper right) you'll also see the button for Do not disturb. I don't know why they renamed it from Blocking Mode, but it's 100% the same thing.

Actually, I would reboot just so everything settles. You do

not

have to re-apply any settings on reboot.

Same advice I give everyone with these kinds of questions: check everything. Check logcat for problems, check wakelocks out of control, etc. Be informed about what your phone is doing so you can catch misbehavior (or non-functioning behavior).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] thegameksk:
For these programs, will they still work if they run in the background? For example when I restart my phone greenify pops up. I hit the window button and I close it. Will it still be running in the background?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
This is a yes-and-no answer.

Yes, these apps run as services. The foreground app is just a UI to configure their service.

The caveat to this is: if you use Greenify to hibernate one of these apps, like LeanDroid or ForceDoze, then 'no'. You don't want to Greenify any of the apps in this guide, for obvious reasons.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RockyCJC:
Somewhat off topic so I apologize but do you think theses methods would work on a rooted Galaxy S6. I gave my wife my old S6 and that work so well on the S7 I wanted to try to give the same battery life to her phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Absolutely not. You can't flash an S7 boot image to an S6; completely different devices with different hardware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RockyCJC:
Sorry. I don't think my question was understood... I'm not talking about flashing any of the scripts. I was talking about installing the xposed framework (using methods relevant to the s6) and then performing the tweaks you mentioned using the various apps (Lspeed, amplify, etc.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Sorry if I misunderstood -- if you already have root on your wife's S6, this guide can be used as a proxy for general setup for the applications listed, yes. I use essentially the same settings and apps on my Galaxy Note 3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] RockyCJC:
No worries. I can see how my original question could be interpreted the way it was. Your last answer is what I was looking for....and obviously if I muck things up...I hold you harmless [emoji2]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] alexjbuck:
Has anyone had issues with GPS navigation with the screen off? I have whitelisted Google maps in force doze but I still get "gps signal lost" when I turn the screen off.

Also I do not have maps greenified
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Not here, but you may want to double check any of the wakelocks related to location or GPS. "issues with" is pretty vague, so I assume your issue is "not updating frequently enough". If so, that'd be the Amplify restriction. Set it to 1 second or something instead.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] t1231:
What would be a good limit to set *backup* to in amplify? Seems to be my number 1 wakelock for Android system. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Not sure.. it's fairly high for me too, even though my battery life is good. It's part of the Google Play Services framework, so it could be about anything. Google wasn't much help because of how common the words are. I'm limiting mine to 30 seconds tonight and we'll see what happens.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] t1231:
Thanks, limited mine to 300 seconds, don't really notice any real performance issues but it did drop android system from #1 to the #3 spot for consumption so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] joeyac02:
Not sure im getting good stats with this setup everything is to the T except I didn't go with lean-droid because I don't want my phone cutting out connections during certain times. I could be wrong but does this look about right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DSR_1106:


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Having trouble with XDA but basically can I stop ongoing doze notification in pull down menu?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Estimated 3+ days of battery life looks good.

Yes. Read the first post that tells you how (or just find the option in the app, it's not hidden or anything).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DSR_1106:
I assume you're talking about the settings here for persistent notifications that I have had unchecked since setup?

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I followed you're guide to the letter and the phone works amazingly. It's not that serious

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Nevermind , didn't catch it was Xposed Greenify feature doing it. My apologies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
Glad you found it. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
How do you get sqlite installer to work? It says in the app that devices with MM have 5o install is manually.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] j0hnh0lmes:
Allow permissions to storage first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
How?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] j0hnh0lmes:
Typically I long drop for app into info and go to permissions. You can also go to apps > permissions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DJ XtAzY:
Settings->Applications->Application Manager->Sqlite Installer->Permissions->Storage->On

Someone should put this in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] j0hnh0lmes:
Or if you root you should have a basic understanding of your phone and the software there-in. That's the problem with people now-a-days; Everyone is spoon fed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
Lol. I've been rooting for over 5 years. I ported s5 software to a note 3. I've s'offed devices. I know what I'm doing. I've never had to do this specific thing before. Surely you understand that not everyone knows everything. Even you.

Get off your high horse.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] j0hnh0lmes:
Then you should have read the instructions in the app instead of asked. I'm on no high horse, I just don't care for people that don't read thoroughly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] GartimusPrime:
I am struggling, when I first set this up following the tutorial, I had 3 days easy on battery. The following evening I had 14 hours and now that's been consistent for a few weeks. I have tried looking but I didn't change anything so I don't know what's different. I may resort to redoing the tutorial.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] Skizzy034:
I did read it. Multiple times. It just says that sqlite installer works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] psouza4:
What have you done to troubleshoot? I assume you've gone through wakelocks first and foremost (via Amplify or GSam stats) and if so, you should know exactly what's causing the drain...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] GartimusPrime:
I have gone through wake locks in amplify but there are only 2 considered safe and the rest are unknown. I don't know what to limit anything to if I was to do it or what to limit for that matter other than what's stated within this tutorial. As far as gsam goes it pretty much says system and screen are my big drainers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] alexjbuck:
Just wanted to share my results. I fully charged the phone and then let it discharge without waking the device to gauge the idle drain.

Thanks [MENTION=1599591]psouza4[/MENTION] for sharing these steps!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] alexjbuck:
Didn't attach the screenshot...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mexspeed:
So i followed everything except leandroid and pro upgrade to greenify and i only get 11 hours at 98 percent, i did install some apps like facebook, twitter, netflix, hulu and amazon video but i have em hibernate in greenify, something i may have done wrong or an apps fault?

My phone is a g930a just in case, debloated plus fix from the root guide
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] undercover nerd:
So I have a tmobile s7 regular not an edge.

I followed all the steps to a T. I did not use the debloat I just used the fix. I did not go into the extreme debloat section yet. I did everything else except add viper.

Now my issue is using amplify.

Under the alarms section. I only had the first one you listed the com.androind.internal.telephony.data-stall the rest was not there I even tried the search function are they under different names?

Also under the Services section I only had the second one the pending.service.callback.

I had no other issues except I probaly won't use leandroid.

So if there is a different name for the other settings in Amplify can anyone let me know. Thanks. And thanks OP this has gotten my phone basically to where I want it besides some random apps and random exposed models I use for other stuff. Also

does the tweaks here mess with ad away?

would it mess with lucky patcher?

Can I see some benchmark scores ? (just curious on how everyone stands) I'll be spending the next few hours personalizing and manual debloating stuff I don't want.

Thanks again can't wait for the super roms to come out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] KillerClaw321:
You are the best! all of your tutorials work flawlessly :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mefistofel666:
Forgot to install Sqlite installer for root.

I ran through the L Speed mods and then remembered that I forgot to actually install " Sqlite installer for root." My phone is draining battery really quick now and gets very hot (much hotter and drains faster then before I ran the scripts) I have re-rooted the phone several times)

I have now installed "Sqlite." Do I just restart the phone to the scripts can run or i have to re-root and then run the whole process again?

Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] markwebb:
I found the LSpeed mods provided minimal if any improvements. YMMV. I am happily back on stock since the eng kernel really isn't meant for consumer daily use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mefistofel666:
How do you reverse LSpeed mods? Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] markwebb:
Try uninstalling Lspeed from your apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] goldebae:
It may be the governor your CPU is running on. On interactive my phone gets extremely hot, up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. On on demand, it's not overheating at all anymore. It does get warm while charging, but not while in use.

Also I'm getting 20-30 battery usage left on 80% with the tweaks he suggested. His guide is amazing. Maybe try again? The performance is very pleasing.

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You don't have the PRO version of Amplify. It only lets you disable simple things.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] mefistofel666:
Where would i change it and to what? I thought it was set by the scripts to interactive.

What do you think I should try again? Unroot/root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] goldebae:
You have to experiment with the governor's. You can use Kernel Adiutor or Device Control.

I flashed the Unlocked Stock ROM on my Verizon Device, rooted and then flashed the zips that fix the issues with engboot, and then installed Xposed. It's up to you if you want to root again. My only complaint is the overheating. It's off and on. With extended use I'm always between 95 and 100 degrees while charging. And 94-98 if I'm using heavy use. If I let it sit, it goes down to around 70-85 ish.