when i had my original droid i rooted it and did all sorts of tweaks to it. my note 3, not so much. i had it since it came out and just rooted it a few weeks ago. i basically block ads, maybe going to add some tasker stuff, but that's about it.

Interesting: http://blog.laptopmag.com/tmobile-ph...r-battery-life

I will say, that as an S5 T-Mobile user.... my battery life is pretty ****ing amazing. I almost always leave work at the end of the day with >80% (charging at night).

Yes you can root your g3 with ioroot. It will trip the root checker but when you unroot it will appear as if you had never rooted. One thing with rooting though is that some secure apps check for root and dont run if they detect the phone is rooted.

It doesnt look like there are any roms for the att variant right now since its bootloader is locked up tight. Xposed is similar to a rom but it basically just provides advanced configuration settings that run on top of the stock oem version of android. And yes you can run xposed on an encrypted phone. There are hundreds of different xposed modules you can install to do stuff like bypass security checks or change phone lock options.

Sweet!

Root Cloak Xposed module gets around most of the apps like ISIS etc

G3 bootloader unlock (pretty much.. its coming.. eventually)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=214

I actually got my Nexus 5 under the assumption that, for my possible usage scenarios, root access would be superfluous. Back in the day it enabled me to set my phone as a WAP and other nifty tricks that have now been folded into standard builds and normal cell plans (my 10 GB plan at At&t doesn't charge for wireless tethering for instance). Further, since I have a Nexus it also allows me to stay up to date on the software side of things. This was a major issue on my last device without rooting.

In fact the last device I rooted and put a ROM on was my wife's first generation Galaxy Note. She just want interested in both the lack of updates and Touchwiz, and felt a bit left behind in terms of the cool **** that was stock on my device.

Yeah, get the right device, and root is no longer necessary.

Wow, so glad I did it.


removed carrier
removed battery
hide NFC icon
removed AM/PM
uninstalled AT&T crap
added flashlight to power menu

and a few other things.

Thanks, no regrets.



I am not, however, able to find anything that will let me control the password policy the way I'd like to. The only thing that even came close was made by Google but some special account type was needed, and it wasn't what I wanted.

Theftie seems to be the one

KPowers,

Did you do all that using Xposed? I have been meaning to give it a try on my old rooted Note 2, might have a play, see what similar minor tweaks are possible and see if it was worth it.

I'm confused. KP, you rooted so you could take a few things off the android status bar...?

I paid $1.49 for something called Tweaksbox G3 which has a ton of stuff in it, and I definitely don't know what I'm doing. Then I got Theftie which seems good.
You aren't confused at all, though there are a few things I did beyond that.

I also now have the text under the apps hidden, just on the mainpage.

Root is hardly ever "necessary" and is definitely more for geeks than the average user. But even with a device like a Nexus one can add improvements to enhance the user experience. I love my Nexus 5 but have added a few things via root that have extended the functionality of the device:
• Greenify to auto-hibernate apps so they don't run in the background and drain battery
• LMT Launcher (Pie Controls) because my hands are relatively small and I don't like reaching to the bottom of the screen for the Nav buttons
• XMultWindow for Samsung's split screen function
• SQLite Editor to modify my settings.db file to gain unlimited tethering
• Root call blocker to stop unwanted calls at a system level so that they never even ring
• Xposed Gel Settings for cosmetic changes and gesture settings so that apps like my camera open automatically with a swipe up
• Changed system kernel to ElementalX to optimize battery performance and add features such as "knock to wake"
I'm sure the above list is not exhaustive but illustrates how much functionality one can add by rooting. Obviously none of these things were done out of necessity and rooting isn't for everyone. Some prefer things to work out of the box while others like to tinker with devices endlessly if given the chance.

I am rooted on my Nexus 5 but have decided to keep stock and used Xposed in lieu of using a custom ROM. The tweaks you can make are literally endless and I've listed a few of my favorites on a previous post. Just keep in mind the following:

• all in one modules like Gravity Box and Xposed Gel Settings often conflict if you use both; just pick one. Gravity Box is the more popular but personally I prefer Xposed Gel Settings
• Xposed only works in Dalvick and not with ART
• Certain tweaks will drain your battery; i.e., knock to wake, dynamic notifications, etc.

Some things I'd like to do but I haven't figured out how

-remove the AT&T startup sequence on reboot

-in the quick settings pulldown, there's a brightness button. It clicks to 4 settings. 0,50%,90%,100%. With 100% being labeled as such. I'd like to remove the 90% option, or at the very least, label them.

Not sure about the brightness but for boot animations

http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-t...mation_id53609

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Do people still set brightness manually? I just use auto brightness, with tasker turning it off at night for super low brightness (for some reason auto doesn't drop to the lowest brightness, but it will max out higher than manual - classic Samsung dumbness).

Now that you mention it, I use Trigger for a similar effect. It basically changes my brightness settings depending on time of day and where I happen to be.

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I set it manually but my battery sucks so that's probably why. When I upgrade in November hopefully it won't be necessary.

I set it manually, yeah. I am, however, the sort of person to spend money and two hours of my time at 3 AM on a weekday to figure out how to hide the 30 pixel battery image in the notification bar.

So there's that.

this is like my favorite tasker usage. i like my phone to be dimmer than even the dimmest setting, so i can use it in bed and it doesn't bother my wife. so i have tasker turn on the screen filter app at night.

Do you guys use EasyEyez? It's like Flux for Android and the brightness can be turned way, way down. It changes the colors to be easier on your eyes. One of very few apps I paid for, it was on sale yesterday for $.99 (free version is fine, too)

I used flux. Easyeyez is better?

EasyEyez is basically flux for your phone.

Unlike iPhone, a jailbreak isn't needed to install this basic app :eyeroll:

The pay version gives you auto-scheduling which is nice. When it gets dark it turns on, when it's night it turns off. I've had the paid version for one day now and I'm annoyed I didn't do this a year ago when I got my first droid.

Oh, it wasn't flux, it was Twilight I had. Worked pretty well too.

i don't see this in the play store? are there any other good apps that mimick the multi tasking feature?