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[REQ] App to only enable 3g when needed

So I've been testing stuff out and I notice that when I have 3g turned off I get like twice the battery life. Is there an app anyone knows of that keeps 3g off unless specifically using data without having to manually use a 3g/2g toggle?
Nexus S - cm7

tasker would do it, its not free but its really worth the money
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Would tasker do it without root on stock?
Every app I tried since 2.3.x... none seem to be able to disable your mobile data connection.
Thanks.
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Looking for a app similar to the one in cm7 that can toggle 2g on and off. Haven't found anything like it yet
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I've notice there's an option for "Use only 2G networks". Was wondering if it's possible to make, or if there already excist a widget/switch to quickly switch it on and off.

i use this:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/wigetsoid/com.jim
lets you make anything you can think of and you can save your profiles

charlieb620 said:
i use this:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/wigetsoid/com.jim
lets you make anything you can think of and you can save your profiles
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Widgetsoid is awesome, but it still only throws you into "Network settings" menu, not toggling the "Use only 2G networks" button.
Is it even possible tho? On my older phones (Desire, Desire Z) I remember it was impossible to do a button to instantly toggle between 2G and 3G.

Control Bar?

tattevajoo said:
Widgetsoid is awesome, but it still only throws you into "Network settings" menu, not toggling the "Use only 2G networks" button.
Is it even possible tho? On my older phones (Desire, Desire Z) I remember it was impossible to do a button to instantly toggle between 2G and 3G.
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That's our best bet for now. On the g2 you could toggle.
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Try xda superpower. Maybe not exactly what you're looking for but it is useful. You can set it to disable data when the screen is off, set exemptions for specific apps, and a whole bunch of other options. Its free so you might want to give it a try.

sinatosk said:
Would tasker do it without root on stock?
Every app I tried since 2.3.x... none seem to be able to disable your mobile data connection.
Thanks.
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yes but you need apndroid aswell (for free on market)
pm me if u need help with setting it up before 2.3.3 it didnt work to automatically enable data. u had to toggle it on and off. but now it works like a charm and best thing (well not best thing on tasker but best for what u wanna use it for) u can disable data completely and still recieve mms.
and btw tasker can save u lot of battery if u set it up to ur usage
edit: forgot to tell u:
search tasker on the market and go on developpers site. there shoild be a 7 days tryal version
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stolen_pillow said:
Try xda superpower. Maybe not exactly what you're looking for but it is useful. You can set it to disable data when the screen is off, set exemptions for specific apps, and a whole bunch of other options. Its free so you might want to give it a try.
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loool i thought that was for sgs only
do the patches work on gb?
its really good aswell, but it couldnt really save me battery. but thats not the apps fault, its more that it didnt have the settings i needed.
but anyhow he said hes on stock unrooted. so he wont. be able to use superpower
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enable android wifi tethering on rooted at&t Atrix 4G

no need to run any script, or use any 3rd party tethering apps,
juz use Root Explorer, edit
"build.prop" under "system" folder,
find "ro.mot.entitlement_check=true" and change it into
"ro.mot.entitlement_check=false"
restart machine and tht's done, at&t authentication gone, tested and work
if this has been posted before, please remove, thx!

I guess there's really no reason to even add a custom APN with this, right?

Doesn't work for me. Still attempts to check.
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Doesn't work for me, but i did something alse:
under my APN, i add "default,tether" in APN type (the last one) and thats it

it said readonly

kumar_r100 said:
it said readonly
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if you're using root explorer you need to hit the tab near the top that says "Mount r/w" to edit the file.

It worked very great for me, only put default,tether.
Thanks!!!
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Easy to do. Thanks.
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it works. thanks

Doesn't work on mine.. It prompts me that this takes alot of battery power and uses data then just goes away when i press OK..

sicwan said:
Doesn't work on mine.. It prompts me that this takes alot of battery power and uses data then just goes away when i press OK..
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turn off wifi..

This works but doesn't show the notification. Could cause people to lose battery life with this...

Bump, works for me on 1.8.3 with Gingerblur
Change the ro.entitlement to false and then add ",tether" next to default on the APN type.
Reboot the phone and enable the hotspot.
You won't get a notification in the taskbar, but just disable it when you're done with it.

hi i have changed. ro.entitlement to flase and reeboted, but it says too much battery and when you press yes it just closes. how is supposed to run when you have it right?

RPK925 said:
hi i have changed. ro.entitlement to flase and reeboted, but it says too much battery and when you press yes it just closes. how is supposed to run when you have it right?
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Well, if you changed it to "flase", then I'd imagine it not working.
Anyway, there is no "indication" that the hotspot is working, you need to verify that it is working by trying to connect to it via a computer.

jortiz17 said:
Bump, works for me on 1.8.3 with Gingerblur
Change the ro.entitlement to false and then add ",tether" next to default on the APN type.
Reboot the phone and enable the hotspot.
You won't get a notification in the taskbar, but just disable it when you're done with it.
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1. I would like to know your process of rooting with gingerblur on 1.83
2. I have added false to that line, what do you mean by add tether to what APN?
3. would you have detailed instructions? like step by step vs. this vague info is just hard to follow.

I have had the best luck by simply changing the apn of att tether to "phone" from "broadband" using a SQL editor.
This allows mms and text messing to dynamically chose the correct apn (no manual downloading mms messages) and they icon works.
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Works, ty.
sent from MB860

Thanks mate, worked like a charm.
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atomoverride said:
1. I would like to know your process of rooting with gingerblur on 1.83
2. I have added false to that line, what do you mean by add tether to what APN?
3. would you have detailed instructions? like step by step vs. this vague info is just hard to follow.
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Those instructions are completely, patently obviously crystalline. You should go google your google os then reread. Seriously, don't ask to be served on a silver platter. Read, understand and ask for specific clarification on a step that confuses you if google and forum search fail you. Rooting is well documented. Get unlazied for that one. Which apn should you consider adding tether to? Probably the one you are using, common sense would dictate. (Further extension of common sense states that you might need to make a new apn that is a copy of your current one with changes for this.)
Mine worked without adding tether to my apn! I don't know that this particular step is necessary. I've downloaded several hundred MB's through my phone on Steam without adding tether to my apn, but YMMV.
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[Script] WiFi Only (Great for devices no longer activated)

Thanks:
Scary Alien for helping with some of my brainstorms
CPCookieMan for pointing me in the right direction with my initial thoughts for this project
MongooseHelix for the idea of the script vs a flashable zip
This is a very simple script that utilizes the radiooptions command to disable the radio but still allow use of WiFi without having to use airplane mode. Great for people who just upgraded and want to use their older device for an mp3 player with WiFi access. I wanted to make it to be run in init.d on startup but haven't successfully got it working that way yet so for now it can be run with script manager. This script can be run as follows:
1. Download the script and place it somewhere on your SD Card. (Maybe make a folder named Scripts to keep things organized)
2. Download Script Manager from the market.
3. Open Script Manager and navigate to where you saved the script then select the script.
4. Check the options for run as root and if you always use wifi only because you don't have service on your device check off Run at boot as well.
5. When prompted by superuser allow superuser permissions.
I have tested this script on my Incredible and my Eris as well and should be universal to run on any android device.
Download Here
If you are using this on an inactive device and don't want the activation screen coming up after reboot and new ROM flash follow these simple steps.
*NOTE: you need to be using a ROM that has EPST.apk in it for this procedure to work.
1. Select emergency call and dial ##778.
2. Select edit and enter service password 000000.
3. Select NAM Settings.
4. Change Mobile Directory number to 0000000000 (Ten digits).
5. Change MIN1 to 0000000 (Seven digits).
6. Change Mobile Country Code to 000 (Three digits).
7. As you back out "Commit the Change".

cvbcbcmv said:
cool! Will this work on any rom? I guess it should. This is just what I've been looking for. I'm getting a second dinc to test roms, this won't be on a line so this will be perfect. I haven't flashed scripts before (however it sounds easy enough) is it easy to disable it?
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Yes. It will work on any rooted device and any ROM. Just run through Script Manager and if you want to disable it change the settings within Script Manager to disable run on boot then reboot. It's that easy.

cvbcbcmv said:
hey, will this work on a nexus one? I'm getting one for rom testing instead of a second incredible, so, same deal. I would think this would work, but will it?
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Yes.. It should work on any rooted device running any ROM. If you want to double check to be certain you can check inside the ROM for /system/bin/radiooptions, then you will know for certain it should work. The script uses that to shut down the radio.

Cool, almost makes me wish I would have kept my Eris.

tether?
So can this allow us to tether the wi-fi only phone to our new network phone? the idea being to use the non-network phone to stream pandora, use google maps, etc?

jumperalex said:
So can this allow us to tether the wi-fi only phone to our new network phone? the idea being to use the non-network phone to stream pandora, use google maps, etc?
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Yes. That can be done or connected to a WiFi ap. Whatever you would like to do with it.
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Quick question, I have an old incredible with a cracked screen I wanted to turn into an MP3 player like youre suggesting here. How exactly do I download from the market on a deactivated phone? Can't get past setup without the phone being activated.

Carnage9270 said:
Quick question, I have an old incredible with a cracked screen I wanted to turn into an MP3 player like youre suggesting here. How exactly do I download from the market on a deactivated phone? Can't get past setup without the phone being activated.
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There is a way to get past that using ##778. I don't remember without going through it exactly what in all to do but i have a link at home
On ny comp and I can add the details when i get home.
Sent from my ADR6300

CondemnedSoul said:
There is a way to get past that using ##778. I don't remember without going through it exactly what in all to do but i have a link at home
On ny comp and I can add the details when i get home.
Sent from my ADR6300
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Actually got through it by pressing activate and cancelling several times. It finally just bypassed it. Thanks for the script, working perfectly.

Carnage9270 said:
Actually got through it by pressing activate and cancelling several times. It finally just bypassed it. Thanks for the script, working perfectly.
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Doing that will work but next reboot you'll probably get the activation screen again. If not you'll get it again after another ROM flash but it will come back at some point. I think I noticed on my Eris it was after a reboot. This procedure below got rid of it permanently.
1. Select emergency call and dial ##778.
2. Select edit and enter service password 000000.
3. Select NAM Settings.
4. Change Mobile Directory number to 0000000000 (Ten digits).
5. Change MIN1 to 0000000 (Seven digits).
6. Change Mobile Country Code to 000 (Three digits).
7. As you back out "Commit the Change".
Then you shouldn't be prompted to activate again even after a new ROM is flashed

Just to be sure, is this reversible? Say if I needed to reactivate the the phone?

slow88lx said:
Just to be sure, is this reversible? Say if I needed to reactivate the the phone?
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Absolutely. Simply open script manager and disable run on boot. You can then remove the script from your SD card.
Sent from my ADR6300

CondemnedSoul said:
Absolutely. Simply open script manager and disable run on boot. You can then remove the script from your SD card.
Sent from my ADR6300
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Would they have to undo your other step from here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16714569&postcount=12
Just asking before someone else does.

jermaine151 said:
Would they have to undo your other step from here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16714569&postcount=12
Just asking before someone else does.
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Good point . No they won't. Dial *228 option 1. It will ask for the phone number you want to activate and that stuff will be done ota. That's how I activated my Eris with a different number as well. I would suggest making sure to do that from a stock or stock based ROM as well.
Sent from my ADR6300

Hi!
Just a question? It isn't easir just use airplane mode + wifi on? on my CM7 nightly i can do it and runs fine. CM7 also remebers the last radio mode after hot reboot.
Sorry for my english. I'm not native

lordc said:
Hi!
Just a question? It isn't easir just use airplane mode + wifi on? on my CM7 nightly i can do it and runs fine. CM7 also remebers the last radio mode after hot reboot.
Sorry for my english. I'm not native
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That is also an option to this script. Not everyone likes the airplane mode method for one reason or another though so this is an alternative for those people.
You're English isnt bad. I've seen natives with much worse and wouldn't have known you weren't
Sent from my ADR6300

I have the HTC Evo View 4G that I did this too, but for some reason when I ran the script I got the signal bar with an x through it saying "looking for service". Isn't it when it looks for service it's draining the battery more? Isn't there anyway to completly remove the signal bars?
Also, I'm trying to remove the activation upon startup, but the View doesn't have a phone to it. is there any other way to disable the activation throuhg the registry or something?

hasseye said:
I have the HTC Evo View 4G that I did this too, but for some reason when I ran the script I got the signal bar with an x through it saying "looking for service". Isn't it when it looks for service it's draining the battery more? Isn't there anyway to completly remove the signal bars?
Also, I'm trying to remove the activation upon startup, but the View doesn't have a phone to it. is there any other way to disable the activation throuhg the registry or something?
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i think your right when you also go to battery it say cell standby is using alot of power mine was aroun23%

4218kris said:
i think your right when you also go to battery it say cell standby is using alot of power mine was aroun23%
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It shouldn't be searching for service with the script running. Do you have the radiooptions command in system/bin? Apparently there are some roms around that do not.
Sent from my ADR6300

I'm confused....I have a non activated incredible that I use at work connected to wifi every day and i've never done anything special to it besides rooting and different roms...am i missing something here?

How to disable Fast Dormancy in Xperia V

As the titles says I need to disable Fast Dormancy on my V. I have tried entering the service menu as some phones have an option there to disable and I've tried to look for the line ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=1 to change it to 0 but I can't seem to find any such line in build.prop so added one without any luck.
Anyone have a suggestion I can try? 100 wakeups in 10 mins are a tad to much...

christian_a_torres said:
As the titles says I need to disable Fast Dormancy on my V. I have tried entering the service menu as some phones have an option there to disable and I've tried to look for the line ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=1 to change it to 0 but I can't seem to find any such line in build.prop so added one without any luck.
Anyone have a suggestion I can try? 100 wakeups in 10 mins are a tad to much...
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I can't help you with that but, ¿could you tell me how do fast dormancy wake-ups appear in your stats?, I mean, under what name/process.

I used BetterBatteryStats, and its the process com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup and intent: com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup.FastDormancyWakeupServer. I disabled it on my old Xperia Mini Pro, but same procedure doesn't work with the V..

christian_a_torres said:
I used BetterBatteryStats, and its the process com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup and intent: com.sonyericsson.android.wakeup.FastDormancyWakeupServer. I disabled it on my old Xperia Mini Pro, but same procedure doesn't work with the V..
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Thanks. I guess you're on a stock rom then. Back when I was on Android 4.0 I used Siyah kernel to switch fast dormancy on or off (in my case having it on was better), but now that I am running 4.1 (KangXperia) I don't know if it is on or off, since Siyah kernel has not been ported to JB.

Can you try freeing the apps with titanium backup

its not an app per se, more of a process of Android. Some manufacturers gives the option to turn it on or off, but not sony
With process of Android I mean that, I think my understanding of it is that that process can have more intents? Not sure on this one though..

christian_a_torres said:
its not an app per se, more of a process of Android. Some manufacturers gives the option to turn it on or off, but not sony
With process of Android I mean that, I think my understanding of it is that that process can have more intents? Not sure on this one though..
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SO try to freeze it using titanium, if it has adverse effects you can unfreeze it.

Frozen the process (at least the only process that came close com.sonyericcson.android.wakeup 4.1.2 Ff5_tw) with no solution 117 wake locks in 10 min.. No adverse effects recorded inn that small amount of time though..
But thanks for the suggestion though
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christian_a_torres said:
As the titles says I need to disable Fast Dormancy on my V. I have tried entering the service menu as some phones have an option there to disable and I've tried to look for the line ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=1 to change it to 0 but I can't seem to find any such line in build.prop so added one without any luck.
Anyone have a suggestion I can try? 100 wakeups in 10 mins are a tad to much...
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Maybe you can try add this line too at build.prop : ro.config.hw_fast_dormancy=1
I hope it will help you
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thunder888 said:
Maybe you can try add this line too at build.prop : ro.config.hw_fast_dormancy=1
I hope it will help you
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Already tried this with no luck and my understanding is that 1 is on and 0 is off.

christian_a_torres said:
Already tried this with no luck and my understanding is that 1 is on and 0 is off.
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Here I have FastDormancyManagement.apk from my Neo. Hope it will work. Try I install as normal apk. Then add line to build.prop as before.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c9acdu9tfthxflf
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After a lot of fiddling the answer was actually given unwillingly by Sony. Delete the fastdormancy apk from the system folders. I can't really recall the exact name but it was called something along the lines of fastdormancy.apk and was 6 kb in size. No adverse effects on the system for over 1 week now, and no more 1000+ wakeup of kernel in short amount of time. I went from 60% in deep sleep to about 87% the last week with screen off.

MLT apk disable or remove - LG is watching you

LG seems to have included a snooper app "MLT" which per default is enabled, and probably serves purpose to help LG remote support, but it tries to track all your activity and logs GPS position together with the details gathered, and that includes calls, apps starting, removing etc...
all data is collected and placed on /mpt partition, it seems not to be per reboot, but actually kept during flash and upgrades.
i sugges you disable this(maybe already is on 4.0.3) MLT.apk + MLT.odex and reboot or disable in hidden menu (3845#*880# -> MLT -> disable)
why track all your moves on the phone, and basically make it slow as well?
btw, this is also on 4.0.3, and not only on latest 4.1.2 stock.

AW: MLT apk disable or remove - LG is watching you
Wow thanks for the hint...
So you think they spot unlocked bootloaders with that or even root?
...sent with my LG Optimus 4X HD...

Thank you! So theoretically, disabling this should help performance, right?

Dexter_nlb said:
LG seems to have included a snooper app "MLT" which per default is enabled, and probably serves purpose to help LG remote support, but it tries to track all your activity and logs GPS position together with the details gathered, and that includes calls, apps starting, removing etc...
all data is collected and placed on /mpt partition, it seems not to be per reboot, but actually kept during flash and upgrades.
i sugges you disable this(maybe already is on 4.0.3) MLT.apk + MLT.odex and reboot or disable in hidden menu (3845#*880# -> MLT -> disable)
why track all your moves on the phone, and basically make it slow as well?
btw, this is also on 4.0.3, and not only on latest 4.1.2 stock.
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Thanx BRO

BlackDuty said:
So you think they spot unlocked bootloaders with that or even root?
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no, i just fell over the /mpt partition and saw all the data together with the IMEI in serial file, but it does not change anything.
it can be something enables it or something else.

thx for Info Dex.
Now i need to install new sniffer to find so bad tools too.
regards ice

Maybe you can view these activities better in logcat or another debug? It probably wont show exactly what data is going out to LG, but it still may be interesting to see how active the app is.
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ok,
looking more into the MPT_MainData.db , it is only tracking data from 4.1.2 , so even if app is on 4.0.3, the /mpt must be cleared when you flash a new kdz that is only good news but still little strange.

Odp: MLT apk disable or remove - LG is watching you
Ok i disabled MLT and my phone now is very fast and smooth. I don't have any lag in launcher. So this is very strange...
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I couldnt go to hidden menu and disable it - unless I already did while I was cleaning out bloatware.

someth1ng said:
I couldnt go to hidden menu and disable it - unless I already did while I was cleaning out bloatware.
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i believe so, i found it on the list, when i searched xda for hits , so i could check name before i wrote something bad or incorrect .

yes sir.
BTW, i use autostart & disable service to disable a lot of rubbish.
and now the ram is @ 450 free
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sounds like its just a tracker to prevent stolen dev phones and spot/track possible leaks during development.
atleast that would make sense.
i doubt this will be o in the final version i think its just for internal use.

Doesn't seem to exist on CustoNexus
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hutjeflut said:
sounds like its just a tracker to prevent stolen dev phones and spot/track possible leaks during development.
atleast that would make sense.
i doubt this will be o in the final version i think its just for internal use.
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I'm running ICS 10D, so its final version.. and the service is here I disabled it.

anGel_pLayer said:
Doesn't seem to exist on CustoNexus
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correct, as this custom rom is based on OneX release, and primarily CM10 related, no malware or tracking except their debugging thing.

My phone just got faster after I disable this MLT stuff.. I cant beleieve this MLT slows my phone down. Smh
sent from my Chuck Norris-powered phone.

K9998 said:
yes sir.
BTW, i use autostart & disable service to disable a lot of rubbish.
and now the ram is @ 450 free
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How did you manage to get 450mb free? I disabled a lot of things including the MLT but still get only about 270mb free RAM.
Using One Power Guard I optimized the CPU to work at 51MHz to 1000Mhz.. even after disabling several services using ROM Manager, the CPU never goes into Deep Sleep or even the 51MHz mark. And the battery life now has degraded pretty bad. 7 - 8 hr max which include just 1hr of gaming and 30 min of calls and SMS.

OFFTOPIC:
I've got 550MB of free RAM. And haven't tweaked nearly anything despite disabling MLT. Take a look at all your installed apps. There has to be one preventing the system to go into deep sleep.

The_0ne said:
OFFTOPIC:
I've got 550MB of free RAM. And haven't tweaked nearly anything despite disabling MLT. Take a look at all your installed apps. There has to be one preventing the system to go into deep sleep.
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i have only connected wifi here and Play with an account, and even if i kill apps , i still only have 370MB free.
but theres for sure alot of services and things running in the back i have not tried to remove yet, but right now i fac. reset to often, so i do not focus on this.