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    strange battery draining at 20%

    hello. my device is the xperia e4g and i have unistaled all the bloatware and made it super "slim" no facebook,google store,gmail, gps etc. so from time to time i play only chess,without any other app to run at same time. the bettery drains normaly and its very very good(only after several...
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    root and piracy

    let say there is not root at all or without root will piracy,cracks etc will be possible? i guess not so root=freedom,mods etc yes, AND piracy
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    64 bit soc with 32 bit kitkat

    hi.my phone (xperia e4g) has a 64 bit soc with arm8 arch.but the OS is the 4.4.4 kitkat 32 bit. i have some questions:is that 64 bit soc practicaly useless within 32 os? it will works like 32 bit soc? what if i try to run a 64 bit app,the 32 bit OS will stop it? and finaly any benefit from 64...
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    throttling

    hi.iam curious if all phones are thottling after some time on demanding aps ,if so all benchmarks are grain of salt are there phones without thottling ?
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    charging and temp

    hi i have 2 question 1.obviously when then phone if off its charging faster than phone on, but how much % faster? i mean from 0-100% 2.demanding games or aps can cause cpu throttling and higher temp,what if i have airplane mode,will improve something? tnx
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    dissabling background processes

    hi. i want to know if its safe to dissable background processes via:system settings-development-background process limit- to no background processes. i will gain speed,ram,battery ? or i must leave it at default "standart limit" tnx
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    kitkat and stock file manager

    hi my phone xperia E4 dosnt support OTG(?) so i have plugged in a 32 GBsd external card. iam awared about kitkat sd card restrictions but the stock file namager (file commander) can copy from internal memory and paste(write) to external memory! does it means the stock file manager can override...
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    android memory management

    hi. i just got the xperia e4 with 1 gb ram nowi have a question under running apps it shows 490mb free,and the rest used by processes so iam deal with it but lets assume i have to run a game that uses 750 or 800mb ram ,how android will manage that game will kill some prosseces like google play...
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    data compression and opera max

    iam looking for data compression apps ,has anyone tried opera max? it says that can save 50% of data, but i want your experience with it.tnx
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    android root and piracy

    hi.i was seeing a lot of root methods (included the new geohot) and i wonder: lets say one day google brings out an ios like anfroid version that its impossible to get root access,will be the end of piracy? i dont mean rooting its only about piracy,but rooting=helps a lot for pirated paid aps so...
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    backups to OTG micro usb unrooted

    hello does mybackpro makes backups to OTG? (unrooted,free apks only without data) or is there any backup app that can make backups to OTG? cos i dont want to use my sd card as a backup storage.
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    backup free apps unrooted

    hello. i have installed only free apps from google play,so can i make a full apps backup without to be rooted? titanium backup (unrooted)? any advice for backup apps for free apps? (not for paid apps cos are locked) unrooted pls and without pc help. tnx
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    kitkat 4.4 advice for sd restrictions

    hello. iam thinking to buy xperia Z2 or samsung S5, so iam aware about sd restriction that kitkat offers,cos i dont want to be rooted, i would ask for a specific scenario: 1. l use firefox browser and i download an apk file,can i move that apk to sd card? or download directly to sd crd? 2. is...
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    android security

    greetings. just 2 questions: 1. since android became the most popular OS there are more malwares with root access,unroted or rooted doesnt makes any difference for this special malware. so can that malware cause unrepaired brick that u cant fix it via factory rest and i need to...
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    stock rom

    hi. i have installed alcatel one touch upgrate s 2.8.0 in my laptop just in case to recovery stock rom(alcatel s pop 4030x).now i have limited data plan, whats is the size of downloaded firmware of one touch upgrate?