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[Q]Advanced task killer and touchwiz

i got 2 questions 1- should i use advanced task killer and enable auto kill??
2- i really like touchwiz launcher and i don't want to change it but its always lagging btw am using modded touchwiz with 5 dock items and transparent appdrawer

soudy1994 said:
i got 2 questions 1- should i use advanced task killer and enable auto kill??
2- i really like touchwiz launcher and i don't want to change it but its always lagging btw am using modded touchwiz with 5 dock items and transparent appdrawer
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First off all which ROM and what kernel are you using !!
i have some tricks to boost up ur SGS !!!

Ashtrix said:
First off all which ROM and what kernel are you using !!
i have some tricks to boost up ur SGS !!!
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am using this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117579
with arabic fix patch and modded touchwiz

any help??

Uninstall and reinstall the modded launcher? I'm not familiar with it, so I really have no idea what the problem is. Does your phone lag anywhere besides the launcher? If not, it's probably the launcher itself.
As for an automated task killer, that is useless. Android (Linux) manages ram differently from Windows: it loads things into RAM so you can use them faster, and it kills things when it needs more space. This means that RAM is being taken up by essentially background processes—no CPU cycles are being used, and no battery is being drained, they are simply held in RAM to ensure later usability. Killing these applications, even while not in use, simply makes Android launch more apps to utilize free RAM in the background. Therefore, by closing them, you're forcing Android to open more, which consumes CPU cycles, drains your battery, etc.
If you're interested in making your phone more responsive, and have been looking towards memory management to do so, I would strongly suggest using the 'V6 SuperCharger Script'.
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Quick Tutorial
I use the MegaRam setting, which leaves plenty of memory free at any given time. I believe this is what you were wanting to accomplish with the task manager; however, again, Linux does not work like Windows. It has amazing benefits, though. Give those links a look.

upichie said:
Uninstall and reinstall the modded launcher? I'm not familiar with it, so I really have no idea what the problem is. Does your phone lag anywhere besides the launcher? If not, it's probably the launcher itself.
As for an automated task killer, that is useless. Android (Linux) manages ram differently from Windows: it loads things into RAM so you can use them faster, and it kills things when it needs more space. This means that RAM is being taken up by essentially background processes—no CPU cycles are being used, and no battery is being drained, they are simply held in RAM to ensure later usability. Killing these applications, even while not in use, simply makes Android launch more apps to utilize free RAM in the background. Therefore, by closing them, you're forcing Android to open more, which consumes CPU cycles, drains your battery, etc.
If you're interested in making your phone more responsive, and have been looking towards memory management to do so, I would strongly suggest using the 'V6 SuperCharger Script'.
Original Thread
Quick Tutorial
I use the MegaRam setting, which leaves plenty of memory free at any given time. I believe this is what you were wanting to accomplish with the task manager; however, again, Linux does not work like Windows. It has amazing benefits, though. Give those links a look.
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That was awesome dude!!
nice post!
hey soudy1994 try the above post, i was gonna post that but he got it
topped with some extra easy tutorial !
These may also help you in boosting your SGS !
Build.prop tweaks (only if your ROM support for build.prop & init.d).
SAS Tweak.!
i think the above tweaks may have Juwe's Ramhack,i recommend go through em once and if the ramscript is not present you can have it, use the script manager (from the above tutorial )if you are a newbie !
I have phone patched with SAS tweaks+Juwe's script !
and finally would say try Jetpack ROM it has SAS tweaks built in and Solid kernel based on CF-root (semaphore)!
try my sign !

[Q] ROM with much RAM free

Hello,
I'm looking for a good ICS ROM with much RAM memory free.
I know there are many good ones like RocketRom, but the RAM is priority for me, as I use a lot off apps and I don't want them to get killed every time I exit them.
The ROM may be stock based (best) or even some other type.
Do You know some You could recommend?
PS. They don't have to be fast as hell.
Admin please don't close this thread.

try bulletproofing them and freezing/removing unwanted apps.
Also try to set autostarts off for apps you only want to run on request as well as proper exiting them to prevent running ram.
granted its android that should optimize ram usage which is why amount of free ram shouldnt impact, but yet it does.
maybe you have set dont keep activities to on development settings if so, disable it. lol.
Other tweaking can be done with minfree and oom levels to lower values, stock however they are pretty low.
last random thing I can come up with is less memory footprint apps. Alternatives for ones you are using. Lol. Goodluck!
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baz77 said:
try bulletproofing them and freezing/removing unwanted apps.
Also try to set autostarts off for apps you only want to run on request as well as proper exiting them to prevent running ram.
granted its android that should optimize ram usage which is why amount of free ram shouldnt impact, but yet it does.
maybe you have set dont keep activities to on development settings if so, disable it. lol.
Other tweaking can be done with minfree and oom levels to lower values, stock however they are pretty low.
last random thing I can come up with is less memory footprint apps. Alternatives for ones you are using. Lol. Goodluck!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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I have used about 170 apps on my SGS2, now I've reduced them to about 120. I have also deleted some system apps, but the problem is android OS.
Killing apps is disabled for 100%, it's just due to 70MB memory free. The launcher is killing almost every time I turn on some other app (build.prop edit didn't stop it from closing).
Android just uses too much RAM. Fresh ROM uses 400+ MB, that's so much.
That's why I'm looking for some ROM that uses max.300MB. Are there any?
I wish I could have ROM from my xpiera x10, which used max 120MB hehe

jakuburban said:
Hello,
I'm looking for a good ICS ROM with much RAM memory free.
I know there are many good ones like RocketRom, but the RAM is priority for me, as I use a lot off apps and I don't want them to get killed every time I exit them.
The ROM may be stock based (best) or even some other type.
Do You know some You could recommend?
PS. They don't have to be fast as hell.
Admin please don't close this thread.
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These type of threads are not allowed....as the best is up to the individual to figure out, what is best for me, may not be best for you....

[Q]About firmwares and custom roms etc.

Hello people.
I recently bought an xperia z1. A very nice phone which works really well, except for a few things. Hence this topic.
I experience good battery life and quite fast loading of apps etc, but i notice that scrolling inside some apps goes stuttery and laggy. Something i didn't expect from a phone with this kinda hardware. Ecspecially phonebook, call log and gmail have problems with this, just like facebook for example.
Now the questions.
Is this a thing that will be fixed in a future firmware release? And if i install a custom rom using a something like doomkernel, will this issue be better?
It really bothers me somehow, and i don't mind unlocking the bootloader to fix this issue. But if i'm not sure that it will fix this stutter and lag, i think it might not be worth it getting problems etc with warranty.
Thanks in advance for answering

Yes, it can be improved. There is not fix on that and no one can said perfectly what is related too. I got some light laggy launcher but i live with that as it do more stuff than the stock one.
So, if you find an application laggy is not the phone, is the application it self which is badly coded and don't working correctly as it should.
I give you an example, I have Virtua Tennis purchased long time ago, V2.0, then updates after updates the game become laggy as hell, what that mean, that mean updates are ment to improve the application but if they are bad coded they will give you laggy issues, I reverted to v2.0.
At the end I don't think a Firmware will solve all this problems but you can be sure, you will get improvements installing Custom Roms or Custom Kernels which are ment to performing your device.
I don't saying it is worth to unlock bootloader, check also the applications which working in background, all the time they are the main reason for laggy phone as they run and eat ram and CPU.
You have to spend time flashing some latest FW and find the most stable combination.

eclyptos said:
Yes, it can be improved. There is not fix on that and no one can said perfectly what is related too. I got some light laggy launcher but i live with that as it do more stuff than the stock one.
So, if you find an application laggy is not the phone, is the application it self which is badly coded and don't working correctly as it should.
I give you an example, I have Virtua Tennis purchased long time ago, V2.0, then updates after updates the game become laggy as hell, what that mean, that mean updates are ment to improve the application but if they are bad coded they will give you laggy issues, I reverted to v2.0.
At the end I don't think a Firmware will solve all this problems but you can be sure, you will get improvements installing Custom Roms or Custom Kernels which are ment to performing your device.
I don't saying it is worth to unlock bootloader, check also the applications which working in background, all the time they are the main reason for laggy phone as they run and eat ram and CPU.
You have to spend time flashing some latest FW and find the most stable combination.
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Thanks for the quick answer!
And what you're saying about the background apps eating ram and cpu, i was thinking the same thing. I notice the lag is random, sometimes it goes quite fluent and sometimes its like i'm working with a phone that can't handle the os because of low specs. Really weird. Is there any tool that gives detailed insight into these background apps and stuff?
The main thing bothering me is the phone/phonebook/call log app which is delivered from sony itself. It's just text, and even that makes the scrolling in that app very stuttery. While i get updates for apps like album, and the scrolling inside that app goes smooth as silk. Just like scrolling within chrome (although it sometimes hangs for a very short moment).
And btw. rooting and deodexing without unlocking the bootloader, will that help too? I guess there's tools that make better performance too then. Or is working with unlocked bootloader better?

saintgein said:
Is there any tool that gives detailed insight into these background apps and stuff?
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Yes, there is an application which check what application wake up your phone or running when the phone is in sleep or even when it should be off but is not. At the moment I don't remember that application as I never used that one, but I know there is as it was mentioned many times for the same reason and battery drain.
saintgein said:
And btw. rooting and deodexing without unlocking the bootloader, will that help too? I guess there's tools that make better performance too then. Or is working with unlocked bootloader better?
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Root your phone will definitely help in many ways as many Applications to check your system need Root access, and also if you find an system app that cause your issues and uninstalling is necessary then Root is needed too. Deodexing can improve the customization as it meant for it but is not for performance, so is just up to you if you want to do it or not. There is no tool which will improve performance on your phone, my personal opinion they are all junk application, like the kind of System cleaner. Android is not Windows.
Rooting and Deodexing can be done without Unlocking Bootloader. Unlocking Bootloader is for flash Custom Kernels only. You still can flash Custom Roms based on Stock Kernels.

I'm really thinking of doing that right now. Also because of scrolling cache, which i think might be the cause for the issue i'm having trouble with.
Do you know something about it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2762732

saintgein said:
I'm really thinking of doing that right now. Also because of scrolling cache, which i think might be the cause for the issue i'm having trouble with.
Do you know something about it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2762732
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Not really but that kind of stuff it can not be done without Root, I guess.
Where did you find the information about it?

eclyptos said:
Not really but that kind of stuff it can not be done without Root, I guess.
Where did you find the information about it?
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I noticed that custom roms like romaur and ihackers included that mod. Then i looked it up on google and found some articles which said that many apps have a bad way of handling that cache. I also don't have any experience with other firmwares than the unrooted 4.4.2. Hence my question.
Now i'm also thinking that sony puts alot of effort into optimizing apps for this purpose with new devices, maybe that's why i hear that the 4.2.2 experiences are much better than the newest 4.4.2. But that can also be a bit negative thinking, since i still got hope that future firmwares will make scrolling through call log/phonebook or gmail better.
Although on my old xperia s i noticed the same. With the 4.1 firmware installed, the facebook app scrolled alot better then the with the updates that came after it. Just like stock browser always been the best scroller. Unlike chrome and firefox for example. On my z1 chrome clearly is the best scroller btw, just hangs sometimes. But then it's on long facebook pages etc. Otherwise its very fluent.

I need help with a performance boost.

I would like to gather some of your thoughts on what I could do to boost the performance of my Mi Mix. I love this phone and want to keep on using it but, I'm a heavy Pokemon Go user and honestly, the performance just isnt cutting it so, Im hoping I can get some feedback.
[*]Do you own the Mi Mix and are you happy with your performance?
[*]Are you running a custom rom or maybe the chinese rom? If so, which rom & kernerl are you using?
[*]Is your phone overclocked?
These are just the basic things that come to mind. If you think of anyting else, please let me know. Im cool with rooting my phone, I just may bug you on a step by step guide. Thank you all for your help and feedback.

Phaze1585 said:
I would like to gather some of your thoughts on what I could do to boost the performance of my Mi Mix. I love this phone and want to keep on using it but, I'm a heavy Pokemon Go user and honestly, the performance just isnt cutting it so, Im hoping I can get some feedback.
Are you running a custom rom or maybe the chinese rom? If so, which rom & kernerl are you using?
[*]Is your phone overclocked?
These are just the basic things that come to mind. If you think of anyting else, please let me know. Im cool with rooting my phone, I just may bug you on a step by step guide. Thank you all for your help and
Belive me rooting is a must then go custom with vipor os your see the difference
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You can find several threads with tips on maximising the performance of the phone.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/biggest-antutu-score-t3576879
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/major-speed-increase-t3621002
The most important thing you can do regardless of ROM is to root the phone (Magisk) and delete a file called thermal-engine found in the /system/vendor/bin folder. Since it's a system file, it requires root to remove. It limits the performance of the phone by downclocking/disabling the cores at certain temps, but it is more restrictive than other SD821 devices like the OP3T. There is still hardware temp control so it won't harm the phone. An SD821 device shouldn't have any issue with Go to begin with.
Other info like using Kernel Adiutor/EXKM to tweak phone settings can be found in those threads I linked to. These tweaks only make a small bit of difference but they're still worth the time it takes to toggle a few options on/off.
For ROM, I can only suggest Lineage or AICP (12.1) because those two are still actively updated, and flash the Psychedelic kernel since it provides a small overclock.

Belive me rooting is a must then go custom with vipor os your see the difference[/QUOTE]
I keep hearing good things about that ROM. Im going to have to try it out. Thank you.

gavin19 said:
You can find several threads with tips on maximising the performance of the phone.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/biggest-antutu-score-t3576879
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/how-to/major-speed-increase-t3621002
The most important thing you can do regardless of ROM is to root the phone (Magisk) and delete a file called thermal-engine found in the /system/vendor/bin folder. Since it's a system file, it requires root to remove. It limits the performance of the phone by downclocking/disabling the cores at certain temps, but it is more restrictive than other SD821 devices like the OP3T. There is still hardware temp control so it won't harm the phone. An SD821 device shouldn't have any issue with Go to begin with.
Other info like using Kernel Adiutor/EXKM to tweak phone settings can be found in those threads I linked to. These tweaks only make a small bit of difference but they're still worth the time it takes to toggle a few options on/off.
For ROM, I can only suggest Lineage or AICP (12.1) because those two are still actively updated, and flash the Psychedelic kernel since it provides a small overclock.
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Thank you. I really appreciate your feedback.

Battery management

I am pretty happy with my device in most respects, however I find that MIUI's battery management is extremely aggressive at killing apps, even while they're in use and even if I've told it not to use it's "battery saver" feature with it.
Is there any way to fix this without installing a custom ROM?
I don't mind rooting if necessary, but this is really annoying and I would like to fix it.

I'm agree with you.
But I love that
I'm not sure, but I think you have to selec app by app which you want to keep alive.
I'm newbie on miui, I'm sorry.