Device(s): LG Motion 4G
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Well I decided to revive my floppy attempt at a thread here.
This time hopefully I can bring a little bit more to offer. I ran 24 total bench marks, in 4 categories. All benchmarks were performed on the device in an unrooted state. No play store updates were ever made to preinstalled apps.
The categories that I ran benchmarks on were:
fresh install with firmware c
optimized install with firmware c
fresh install with firmware d
optimized install with firmware d
Since the phone tests were done on an unrooted phone, I use the word "optimized" to mean all system apps were disabled except for the following:
Download Manager
Downloads
Google Account Manager
Google Services Framework
QuickMemo
To average out abnormalities, multiple benchmarks were run on each category.
3 benchmarks on each category using Quadrant Standard
3 benchmarks on each category using AnTuTu Benchmark
Note: If it is not obvious, I/O benchmarks will be disregarded because that score is much more dependent on the sdcard we have purchased rather than the phone itself.
Code:
Higher Numbers are Better
Quadrant Fresh firmware c
tot cpu + tot mem + tot 2d + tot 3d = total
29035 + 23020 + 3026 + 6664 = 61745
Quadrant Optimized firmware c
tot cpu + tot mem + tot 2d + tot 3d = total
28681 + 23235 + 3060 + 6669 = 61645
Quadrant Fresh firmware d
tot cpu + tot mem + tot 2d + tot 3d = total
29149 + 22198 + 3051 + 6706 = 61104
Quadrant Optimized firmware d
tot cpu + tot mem + tot 2d + tot 3d = total
28946 + 22145 + 3060 + 6667 = 60818
Higher Numbers are Better
AnTuTu Fresh firmware c
tot cpu + tot ram + tot gpu = total
10134 + 4958 + 21317 = 36409
AnTuTu Optimized firmware d
tot cpu + tot ram + tot gpu = total
10124 + 4961 + 21418 = 36503
AnTuTu Fresh firmware c
tot cpu + tot ram + tot gpu = total
10112 + 4972 + 21744 = 36828
AnTuTu Optimized firmware d
tot cpu + tot ram + tot gpu = total
10140 + 4991 + 21409 = 36540
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The results seemed to very slightly be in favor of leaving all system apps enabled. Other than that, there is no significant difference in performance between firmware c and d.
Last edited by Sepero; December 30th, 2012 at 06:12 PM.
Device(s): LG Motion 4G
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After running those previous benchmarks I decided to try one last round of tests. I wanted to see how benchmarks came out after running the Automated All Bloatware Removal script to remove all unnecessary preinstalled apps.
I rooted my device and ran 3 tests using Quadrant Standard, and the results were as follows:
9139, 9007, 8985 - cpu
7327, 7236, 7579 - mem
1014, 1080, 1014 - 2d
2148, 2194, 2203 - 3d
Code:
Quadrant Rooted UnBloatware firmware d
tot cpu + tot mem + tot 2d + tot 3d = total
27131 + 22142 + 3108 + 6545 = 60818
Conclusion: There appears to be no significant improvement after using the bloatware remover.
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So the next thing that would need testing is 4G speeds. Not sure if it already was.
Last week I downgraded to firmware C solely to see if my 4g speeds would improve. For me it did not make a difference so I went back to firmware D.
Thank you Sepero for the effort that you put into testing the firmwares. I wonder if there is any battery life differences between the updates. To me D seems to give me better battery but I haven't tested it so it is probably just my imagination.
Last edited by Matthew83; December 30th, 2012 at 06:08 PM.
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