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Root should I cyanogen ? i have queztions

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Mpie

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I'm concerned about all the permissions apps have and would like to limit them.

But I'm not sure cyanogen is right for me.

Here are my questions:

1. Does cyanogen reduce battery life
2. Does cyanogen have extreme powersaver mode ?
3. Does it reduce the phones performance ?
 
If anything, CM improves and stretches battery life because you can remove all the crapware that manufacturers and carriers put on it. It doesn't have extreme power save mode that I know of, and I would say it runs faster than the original ROM. It will, however, remove the "Sense" feel, and replace it with the normal CM look, but you can get really beautiful themes for AOSP ROMS, so that shouldn't be a problem.
 
Cyanogen magically giving more battery life isn't something to expect in and of itself.

It's a rooted rom - you can debloat, bloat or customize any rooted rom.

More to the point - what apps or permissions are causing you concerns?
 
just any game app that asks for access to my media, call logs, sms, contacts etc...

or any app that wants access to that.
 
Mpie said:
I'm concerned about all the permissions apps have and would like to limit them.

But I'm not sure cyanogen is right for me.

Here are my questions:

1. Does cyanogen reduce battery life
2. Does cyanogen have extreme powersaver mode ?
3. Does it reduce the phones performance ?
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Try one of the many App Ops apps in the Play Store for adjusting app permissions.
While Cyanogenmod 11 is pretty stable every time I try and use it I just miss too many of the HTC Sense "Features". And the Sound and Camera quality suffer baddly in CM11, but that's just my opinion
 
Or install Xposed framework and run the Xprivacy module. I use it as it has a load of privacy features.
 
saltire said:
Or install Xposed framework and run the Xprivacy module. I use it as it has a load of privacy features.
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I tried doing that but the process failed because I don't have my phone configured to "s-off".

I don't know how to get it into that mode now because the firewater option does not work.

Are their alternatives to getting the phone into s-off ?
 
Mpie said:
I tried doing that but the process failed because I don't have my phone configured to "s-off".

I don't know how to get it into that mode now because the firewater option does not work.

Are their alternatives to getting the phone into s-off ?
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http://theroot.ninja/

Sunshine.

Unless you're on Verizon and have taken the 4.4.4 update - then you'll have to wait for Sunshine 3.0.
 
Mpie said:
I tried doing that but the process failed because I don't have my phone configured to "s-off".

I don't know how to get it into that mode now because the firewater option does not work.

Are their alternatives to getting the phone into s-off ?
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You don't need S-Off to have it function. To install it without S-Off you may need to run it from a recovery.
 
Can someone tell me how to run an app (xprivacy downloaded from the app store through my phone) onto recovery ?

I have the clockworkmod recovery on my phone but I'm alittle confused on how to get xprivacy and busybox to install through recovery , ie. what is the process ??
 
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