battery not great..rooted

MarkY91

hiya lads, ive just made a thread on XDA forums and im just going to copy and paste what i said there just incase they dont care to help with noob questions etc..id appreciate any input at all!..so here we go..



hi. im a brand new rooter. i got a preowned s4 mini last week and decided to root it using a guide here(im very new to all of this) i deleted bloatware and use apps like greenify, setcpu, wakelock detector all to my knowledge have been done right and im still having crap battery times. worse than my 5 year old iphone 4s!

i can post any screenshot of stats upon request but from my new knowledge of all of these apps and rooting, i see nothing out of the ordinary. if im being honest, "battery doctor" seems to be a nusiance to my battery. but it often gives me reminders that my phone is draining quickly with 29 apps open that i cant delete with app master or even see on greenify. some of them are..favourite contacts, active apps manager, s planner widget, csc, remote controls, factory mode, alarm and video player. the rest are the ones above like setcpu, greenify etc.

so im asking..what now? ive seen mentioned that getting rid of touchwiz and installing a new ROM like cyanogenmodgod. but what then?

ive no idea how to understand some of this but im fine with following instructions with technical stuff i.e rooting my phone in the first place.

i really hope i can be helped as im really liking my first android experience bar battery life

MarkY91

i am thinking of using this guide to do the instalation of CM

deep1

MarkY91 wrote: »

i am thinking of using this guide to do the instalation of CM

If you are rooted, all you need to do is install app ops and check the latest app using location or keep awake, uncheck them and that alone will double your battery.
Cm is good but you will need to do same tweaks.

MarkY91

deep1 wrote: »

If you are rooted, all you need to do is install app ops and check the latest app using location or keep awake, uncheck them and that alone will double your battery.
Cm is good but you will need to do same tweaks.

ive used apps like greenify and wakelock detector which are supposed to combat things like this but ill give that app a go before i go about installing CM

sugarman wrote: »

What version of android is currently on it?

its running kikat 4.4.2. it was lower but the first thing i did was upgrade when i go it

deep1

MarkY91 wrote: »

ive used apps like greenify and wakelock detector which are supposed to combat things like this but ill give that app a go before i go about installing CM




its running kikat 4.4.2. it was lower but the first thing i did was upgrade when i go it

Greenify only hibernates the app in background and wakelock detector will tell you what is causing wake. None of them will stop when phone is in use, you need to stop wake process when phone is sleep.

Apps ops is basically hidden system setting which will let you refine setting for certain apps like facebook.messenger etc

MarkY91

deep1 wrote: »

Greenify only hibernates the app in background and wakelock detector will tell you what is causing wake. None of them will stop when phone is in use, you need to stop wake process when phone is sleep.

Apps ops is basically hidden system setting which will let you refine setting for certain apps like facebook.messenger etc

i installed it and it seems good. i disabled a few apps there and stopped gps etc on a few

MarkY91

ive just installed CM11. took 30 mins extra as i was pressing down key instead of up key while trying to boot into recovery mode..i kept getting a screen about downloading something lol..silly me.

now to check cm out!

MarkY91

so i used cm11 and i didnt like it. it looked alot like a windows phone in places and just couldnt get used to it. im reverting back to touchwiz and ill just see if apps ops infact does give me battery savings