Since the app makes changes at system level, it requires root access
and therefore, your device must be rooted in order to use it.
Coming back to the app itself, Android Tweaker is meant to operate in
the current OS, rather than coming in form of a zip file that you have
to flash from a custom recovery. In fact the app lets you natively
create full nandroid backups from within the OS as well.
As with most
performance enhancing, tweaking, hacking and modding tools, it is
preferable to take a full backup of your current Android ROM before
applying any tweaks, so that you can safely revert everything back to
the way it originally was in case things don’t work according to plan.
Also, as the app will itself tell you, playing around with settings
or mods you’re unaware of can lead to unexpected behavior or at worse,
mess up your ROM and require a reflashing. Therefore, it is suggested
that you gain sufficient knowledge about a tweak and its implications on
performance before applying it.
The app’s neat Holo UI helps accessing its dozens of different
options from under their categorized tabs with ease. Let’s have a quick
look at the various categories and the tweaks offered in each of them by
Android Tweaker.
Performance
Build Properties:
- Force Render UI with GPU
- Additional GPU Tuning
- Enable System UI Hardware Rendering
- Qualcomm Tuning
- Increase Dalvik VM HeapSize
- Improve Scrolling Speed
- Increase Overall Touch Responsiveness
- Increase Maximum Events per Second
Init.d:
- Tune Your Multitasking
- VirtualMemory (VM) Management Tweak
Battery
Build Properties:
- Increase Wi-Fi Scan Interval
- Increase Deep Sleep Battery Life
- Disable Power Collapse
Init.d:
Additional:
Network
Build Properties:
- Increase HSXPA / HSDPA / HSUPA / GPRSclass category
- Enable HEP / DTM / a52
- Enable 3G Prefix
- Increase HTCMASKW1 / HTCMASKW1 Bitmask
- Enable AGPS
- Enable GEA3
- Enable PLMN Prefix
- Increase Default Net Speed
- Increase Wi-Fi / UMTS / GPRS / EDGE / LTE / EVDO_B / HSPA / HSDPA Net Speed
Init.d:
Additional:
- Use Google DNS by Default
Images
Build Properties:
- Raise JPEG Quality to 100%
- Increase Photo & Video Recording Quality
Additional:
- Enable Mobile BRAVIA Engine v2 for improved image enhancement, real-time contrast optimization and noise reduction of pictures.
Audio
Build Properties:
- Enable xLoud Services
- Decrease Dial Out Delay
- Control In-call Volume More Precisely
- Noise Reduction
- Overall Audio Quality Improvement
- Audio Volume Hack
GPS
The GPS-specific tweaks of Android Tweaker can come in particularly
handy for fixing GPS issues, as you can precisely pick the NTP servers
from not just the required continent but also from the countries listed
in the app.
Kernel
Build Properties:
- Disable Error Checking
- Allow Purging of Assets
- Disable Strict Mode Checking
Init.d:
- Disable Normalize Sleeper
- Strict Minfree Handler Tweak
- Optimize Kernel Tweaks
- Remove Journalism
Additional:
- Various Governor-Specific Tweaks
Misc
Build Properties:
- Disable USB Debug Icon
- Disable Time for Screen On / Off During Calls
- Keep Launchers in Memory
- Prevent Memory Manager from Killing Launchers
- Enable 270-degree Rotation
- Disable Waking Up When Hitting Volume Rocker
- Disable Boot Animation for a Faster Boot
Init.d:
- Perfect Mount Options
- MicroSD Card Speed Tweak
- Remove Logger
Tools
System Optimization Tools:
- Zipalign APK
- Super SQL Defrag & Optimize
- Enable Loopy Smoothness Tweak at Boot
- Extreme LowerMemoryKiller Only if the RAM is Excessive
- Enable SQL Database Optimization at Boot
- Enable Zipalign at Boot for /data/app and /system/app
Utilities:
- Install Init.d Support
- oNandroid Backup in Background Without Rebooting
Note: The Init.d tweaks are meant to run on a ROM
with a kernel that supports Init.d scripts. If your ROM/kernel doesn’t
support these scripts, you can avail the Init.d Installation support
feature provided under the Tools tab.
The bottom section of each tab offers you a couple of reboot options –
Soft Reboot & Normal Reboot – that can be used to ensure that the
selected changes are implemented effectively. Just to be on the safe
side, double-check the changes you’re looking to implement prior to
hitting the reboot button.
Android Tweaker was successfully tested on HTC Desire Z running
Android 4.0.4-based AOKP custom ROM. The app might be a bit short on
features compared to Pimp My ROM, but the developer plans to introduce
many more tweaks in the coming updates, so keep checking back at the
source link below.
Android Tweaker is available in the Play Store as both an
ad-supported free version and $1.86 ad-free variant. Besides removing
ads, the paid version brings the following additional features to the
table:
- Automatic system tuning as per any of three user-select custom
profiles: Battery Profile, Performance Profile & Balanced Profile
- Fine tuning tweaks for Qualcomm processors
- Advanced VirtualMemory (VM) management tweaks
- IPv4 & TCP tuning mods
- Various Kernel optimization tweaks
- Audio quality enhancement tweaks
- Support for BRAVIA Engine v2
- LTE, HSDPA, HSPA & EVDO_B tweaks
- Loopy smoothness, and lots more.
Android Tweaker is currently compatible with rooted Android 3.0
Honeycomb and higher devices only, and can be downloaded from the Play
Store links provided below.
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