Phone Firmware Upgrade / Rooting / Flashing / Recovery Discussions

[margallar]

If you want 'solid speed and performance' in least price, get Windows phone.

Check Lumia 540 dual sim specs, available for rs. 15000, twice faster than 1GB ram laggy Androids.

Still camera and display is better than Grand Prime, but no HD video recording. Battery timings are very good too.

I got Lumia 430, the most basic Windows phone and it turned out to be faster and lag free than Grand Prime and S3 [emoji1]. Windows 10 mobile is releasing very soon, which is very much better than Windows 8.1. They have highly customizable UI.

https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4874835

But if budget is 20000+, then get a 2GB ram Android phone.

Use camscanner or any scan app from play store. They scan pages just like a real scanner.

On a side note, you can use Roehsoft ram expander app to increase ram using SD card on rooted phones. It makes the phone lag free, but battery consumption gets higher.

My current phone (s2 t989) is almost good enough....but it has a problem that it starts bootlooping...something with power button circuit....If someone could fix it....the phone could serve me a few years more

Battery also bad...bought the battery from hafeez centre....it was good initially but got weak in 5 months

If these two are resolved...I will use a memory card for ram extension...since it os already rooted

[axe.effect]

My current phone (s2 t989) is almost good enough....but it has a problem that it starts bootlooping...something with power button circuit....If someone could fix it....the phone could serve me a few years more

Battery also bad...bought the battery from hafeez centre....it was good initially but got weak in 5 months

If these two are resolved...I will use a memory card for ram extension...since it os already rooted

Disable or remap power button with 'xposed additions' and install a 'screen off' widget on your home screen. Turn on the screen with home button (or any other button assigned from xposed additions app) and turn off screen with that widget, use that temporarily until you get it replaced from some good shop. Its a very easy job.

Getting a good replacement battery for old phones is lottery, all of the new one are A+ copies, and the original ones are abused batteries taken out from used/dead phones. Run phone in safe mode for few hours and then check if battery life improves or not. P.s, remove all task killers or battery savers, they are junk!

[margallar]

I already had the button changed once...will try again, if that doesn't fix it..I guess the circuit board is short somewhere.....if it works....anker battery from amazon is good...or aliexpress

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[Spano]

Can we limit back ground running of applications
Like
Facebook
Whatsapp
Viber
Skype
etc

I have is there any setting.
I want the app to be closed when I am not using it.
There was an option before but I don't remember where is it.

I am using Android 5.1.1

[m_ali98]

Can we limit back ground running of applications
Like
Facebook
Whatsapp
Viber
Skype
etc

I have is there any setting.
I want the app to be closed when I am not using it.
There was an option before but I don't remember where is it.

I am using Android 5.1.1

I don't think there is one apart from using greenify

[axe.effect]

Can we limit back ground running of applications
Like
Facebook
Whatsapp
Viber
Skype
etc

I have is there any setting.
I want the app to be closed when I am not using it.
There was an option before but I don't remember where is it.

I am using Android 5.1.1

Greenify.

It works best and automatically with root and xposed framework.

But non root version still works and force closes your desired app with one tap.

In non root mode, you have to 'create a hibernation shortcut' on home screen and tap it manually to close your desired apps. It can also be set to turn off screen and hibernate in one go.

NOTE: Closed apps don't fetch notifications unless the next time you open that app yourself.

[Spano]

Tell me some thing that works for non root devices

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[bossrashid]

Tell me some thing that works for non root devices

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Try to lucky patcher

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[axe.effect]

Tell me some thing that works for non root devices

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Cm battery app.

Exclude the social and IM apps from ignore lists and enable 'close latest apps' setting.

You will need to turn on accessibility settings for CM battery to make it work.

It reminds to close app, when you leave using that app. I am using it currently and its easiest for non root phones.

However, in some other brands, they offer this built in function to close apps (optional), like in Huawei, Lenovo and Microsoft.

[Spano]

I have this app. It's built in. It works like CM battery app

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[Spano]

This is the app circled in blue

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[axe.effect]

Well I don't have ram problem, just increased it, and I have been using greenify from a very long time, it's great , just using that ram expander coz of battery chart consistency , if I restart the phone then battery will be affected , else I also debloated the ui, used some build prop tweaks, , which tweaks you are using?

Greenify donation with xposed framework, it wakes up greenified apps on notifications, so it never misses a notification. Its best.

Use ram expansion only when necessary, unnecessary ram swapping decreases battery timings. Just make sure to not increase swap file more than 256-512 mb. I used to keep at 256 mb. And set swappiness to 25 at max. I am using stock rom now.

Restart will take 1% charge at max, while these ram boosters noticeably decrease battery timings. Ram boosters kill apps, then the system and user apps running in high priority mode restart again seconds after killing it, increasing cpu load and battery drain, e.g, Facebook, messenger, whatsapp, viber etc. Ram boosters usually work at screen off, so this killing cycle continues for atleast 50 times a day.

So one restart daily (or once every few days) or atleast 50 times unnecessary cpu load in one day due to ram booster or battery savers? Which one do you choose?

I used to have G530F 4G variant too, i used 3C toolbox pro (Aka Android Tuner) more and after messing with everything, I learnt that Samsungs only need debloating and some UI improvements, rest things are already perfect in it.

How to solve this problem? As there is a repack update rolling out after that lollipop update is confirmed , I think it's due to tripped Knox

Yeah, knox trips on rooting. Nothing to worry about. Just reflash the stock rom via Odin, it will bring it to 100% stock. You can download it from Sammobile.com, but make sure to use rom for exact model number. If it's G530H, then use rom for the Pakistan region.

Wipe cache partition after reflashing.

Latest one

They will even get better after you get rid of these junk boosters. Ram expander should be used ONLY when necessary and i don't think you need it, so get rid of that too. Delete .swp file too, before uninstalling ram expander.
@512a
Its better place to discuss Rooting related stuff.

[Spano]

So greenify is recommended ?

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[axe.effect]

So greenify is recommended ?

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Greenify only hibernates (closes) user apps, it doesn't interfere with the system apps or processes. When it closes the user app, it doesn't restart until you open it.

Ram boosters, unnecessarily try to kill everything (including system apps and processes) to free up ram and we don't need it, because Android automatically frees up ram when required.

For recommendation

It all depends on what you want from phone,

1) speed (lag free), only suitable for 1 GB or less ram phones, as social and IM apps cannot be killed by Android and they take up lot of ram, causing lags. Greenify can hibernate (close) them.

2) improved battery timings by getting rid of unwanted notifications, like group chats, Facebook etc, that doesn't let phone go into deep sleep mode.

But in any case, greenifying too frequently used apps (especially messaging or any other important notifications app) is not recommended, because frequent opening and closing of apps increases battery drain and a person may miss important notifications when the app is closed.

[commando282]

Any one who can unlock country lock ,iphone 4 ?

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[Spano]

Greenify only hibernates (closes) user apps, it doesn't interfere with the system apps or processes. When it closes the user app, it doesn't restart until you open it.

Ram boosters, unnecessarily try to kill everything (including system apps and processes) to free up ram and we don't need it, because Android automatically frees up ram when required.

For recommendation

It all depends on what you want from phone,

1) speed (lag free), only suitable for 1 GB or less ram phones, as social and IM apps cannot be killed by Android and they take up lot of ram, causing lags. Greenify can hibernate (close) them.

2) improved battery timings by getting rid of unwanted notifications, like group chats, Facebook etc, that doesn't let phone go into deep sleep mode.

But in any case, greenifying too frequently used apps (especially messaging or any other important notifications app) is not recommended, because frequent opening and closing of apps increases battery drain and a person may miss important notifications when the app is closed.

What's recommended for a 3gb RAM phone

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[Spano]

Here is the screen shot

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[axe.effect]

What's recommended for a 3gb RAM phone

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All that you need is, one or two phone reboots every week at max, more than sufficient.

For non root, just leave it as it is or you can just close the apps in which you receive 'non important/urgent' notifications 'too frequently', as they won't let the phone sleep and cause faster battery drain.

The ram consumption is high, but that's nothing to worry about, it will clean it automatically when required.

Android keeps some unused apps, processes etc in Ram (as cache, which is for faster data access for future use, because ram is faster than internal storage). it's perfectly normal and doesn't do any harm. Ram boosters clean these forcefully, which is actually not good. Android kills it automatically to free up ram when it requires (i.e when ram usage is too high).

Even too frequent use of CleanMaster is not good, because 90%+ stuff it cleans is cache, which is actually kept by Android for faster data access in future, which improves performance and battery timings. CM should be used once every two weeks only.

[Juste]

What's recommended for a 3gb RAM phone

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I will recommend root, greenify with xposed framework and debloat your phone. Most ram is used by Sammy bloatware.

Seriously what's the point of 3gb and 4gb ram when most ram is used by Samsung bloatware. I saw same thing with S5 and Note 4.

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[Spano]

All that you need is, one or two phone reboots every week at max, more than sufficient.

For non root, just leave it as it is or you can just close the apps in which you receive 'non important/urgent' notifications 'too frequently', as they won't let the phone sleep and cause faster battery drain.

The ram consumption is high, but that's nothing to worry about, it will clean it automatically when required.

Android keeps some unused apps, processes etc in Ram (as cache, which is for faster data access for future use, because ram is faster than internal storage). it's perfectly normal and doesn't do any harm. Ram boosters clean these forcefully, which is actually not good. Android kills it automatically to free up ram when it requires (i.e when ram usage is too high).

Even too frequent use of CleanMaster is not good, because 90%+ stuff it cleans is cache, which is actually kept by Android for faster data access in future, which improves performance and battery timings. CM should be used once every two weeks only.

Thank you.

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