MotoXpe Tips & Tricks without flashing a custom ROM

[YeahMon360]

Maybe this will gain sticky status. I am hoping y'all will post up any tricks or tips you have to make this device have a better user experience without having to flash a custom ROM. I'll note that I did unlock the bootloader and root the device, but I don't want to flash a custom ROM on this phone. I want to use the stock ROM.

One feature I loaded up immediately was an app called Battery Percent Enabler. It puts the battery percentage in the battery icon, which you cant do without.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...erama.android4batpercent&hl=en&token=wKdBBKqG

 

[YeahMon360]

I am certainly missing some features I carried on my OnePlus One running Exodus. But, I am going to do my best to learn to live without in this stock Android. The one feature I immediately had to fix was the hotspot. By default it doesn't work (at least on ATT Unlimited Data), so I corrected that, and all is well there.

 

[bigbuc]

Maybe this will gain sticky status. I am hoping y'all will post up any tricks or tips you have to make this device have a better user experience without having to flash a custom ROM. I'll note that I did unlock the bootloader and root the device, but I don't want to flash a custom ROM on this phone. I want to use the stock ROM.

One feature I loaded up immediately was an app called Battery Percent Enabler. It puts the battery percentage in the battery icon, which you cant do without.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...erama.android4batpercent&hl=en&token=fHE6OyqP

thanks. it is tiny though, for people over 40 anyway. but better than nothing. silly icon to begin with.

--sent from broadbandless rural America

 

[RikkiRay]

There are lots of battery indicators in the Play Store. I've used this one on several phones, very unobtrusive, widget can be resized, colors & percentages can be changed. I don't know what the pro version adds, but I've always used the free version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.batterys

 

[THARD11]

There are lots of battery indicators in the Play Store. I've used this one on several phones, very unobtrusive, widget can be resized, colors & percentages can be changed. I don't know what the pro version adds, but I've always used the free version.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.batterys

Great widget I use it too. Will give phone temp also.

 

[YeahMon360]

I use Cooler Master to keep phone running cooler. I can whitelist the apps I want running and kill the rest.

 

[Ryaan Johnson]

So far I went with henrymp for the my mp3.

CyanogenMod's Apollo Music Player modified for Android L - Linux Veda

I unlinked my chrome tabs to reduce lag.

I took my screen brightness to 25 percent with adaptive and turned off auto sync to get more out of the battery.

For the camera I went with vsco cam for my camera app

VSCO Cam APK 3.4.3 - Free Photography App for Android - APK4Fun

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[Ryaan Johnson]

Found quick charge 2.0 compatible charger for 16 bucks on amazon

[Qualcomm Certified] Anker PowerPort+ 1 (Quick Charge 2.0 and PowerIQ Technology 2-in-1 Premium 18W USB Wall Charger) for Galaxy S6 / Edge / Plus, Note 5 / 4, LG G4, HTC One M8 / M9, Nexus 6 and More https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01302K2W...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4692229

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[pinoymutt5]

If you are rooted, Greenify is a great app for keeping unwanted stuff from running in the foreground without actually removing / freezing it.

I haven't rooted my Moto X yet (wanna keep the warranty for now), but on all my previous phones it worked like a charm! You can use it without root as well, but is severely crippled and definitely not worth it.

Also, xPosed is really nice if you are rooted, and various modules will allow you a great deal of customization that you may be used to on custom ROMs. I personally like GravityBox when I had it installed.