The LG Nexus 5X that LG has kindly given to Leak is about to return home, now that we have the last preview of Android 7.0 and there is much more to learn until the submission of the final version. But there is still time for some tricks and the truth is this: if now has the Android 7.0 installed on your Nexus, or a programmer, or bold and curious. And if you belong to the latter group, it is better to enable developer mode to achieve better manage the performance of your device and make it even faster.
Why LG Nexus 5X? Because some of the options we will significantly stir device performance and it’s always nice to have room to maneuver, something the Nexus gives much merit. And because Android Beta program will offer more developer options than most smartphones without root.
The programmer mode
By default, the programmer mode is an offline functionality in devices Android. Roughly, serves for developers and content creators to test their apps on various envolvências of use, to make sure that everything is as desired.
we need to see marked in red fields or apps on the graphic is working? Or the load stress? No, but we can.
So, the programmer mode unlocks up a dozen options at the operating system level that are generally not available to ordinary users and they do not even know exist. Therefore, the majority of these are choices that do not have an interest for our daily life. Nobody wants to regularly seeing a flash app with red color to indicate that the GPU is processing the images we see. A programmer, however, have any value in this, and many other options.
So, we really have to start by warning that many of the options that developer mode allows you to activate cause system instability, the apps that do not support, and can significantly affect the battery consumption. We will keep us out of those little useful options for everyday, and navigate through some common scenarios of regular use. Our guarantee is that the LG Nexus 5X we have in hand, all of these options work properly, for what the want. We can not say that the same will happen to all devices.
How to enable developer mode
This is the easy part.
Enable developer mode is easy, simply click multiple times the item” number build. “
If you have Android Nougat installed on your Nexus (and the method will work for most devices), go to settings and scroll down to the last menu,” About phone”. Then again down to the last item, or “build number”. Click repeatedly to enter the developer mode.
When you go back to the settings will see a new item in the list, “developer options.” . That’s where you’ll find a whole new range of options that otherwise are not active on Android
In other devices the principle is the same, but the location may be different: for example, the build number can be within the menu “over the phone.” Other devices yet, some of the options listed here are not available.
What to do now that is “programmer”?
Now that we have the active programmer so we have many more options or less interesting. Decidedly, some are good for nothing, except for programmers.
Some functions are downright simple and basic. For example, if your smartphone is slow, one of the first things you can do is check on the CPU utilization. Some background app is too pull the processor? Enable the “Show CPU usage” starts to show you an overlay on the screen with a simple CPU usage graph. If the use is higher than expected, it is time to start looking for the guilty app.
In the case of LG Nexus 5X, the screen seems to us something yellowish. The “cool color temperature” restores a more bluish tint.
Or imagine that the screen does not seem to be working particularly well. If you activate the “location of the pointer” in the “Introduction” tab, we can create a visible trace of the finger touches the screen and will be easy to see where the touch is not working with the same precision or sensitivity.
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Scenario 1 – slow smartphone: disable animations
Beautiful but heavy, Android animations to be accelerated, slowed down or turned off in developer mode.
We are using an LG Nexus 5X and the smartphone is really fantastic. In terms of performance we have no complaints and with the pure Android factory, the fluidity is tremendous. But imagine for a second that we have an older smartphone or less able specifications.
There is a hidden beauty on Android and are the animations. Usually we do not give for them and why it is that they produce a nice effect of use. But weigh, and if your Nexus already has some time up, then you can disable them
We can do it in three types of animation:. Window animation scale, transition animation, and duration animation. If off, stops viewing animations, for example, when redirecting the phone. The slide of the windows to the edges when we change app disappears, the rotational movement also, and the pages of the play store simply close instead of divide and disappear at top and bottom of the screen.
But this option takes processor and GPU the need to process animations, freeing up resources and streamlining the operation of the smartphone. Potentially the time between the click and the full opening is not reduced as much as we would expect, but the release of resources for other tasks will be there.
On the other hand, if you have a good smartphone, you can choose to place animations at twice the speed for less apparent lag or slow motion (option 10x), where all the beauty of the Android becomes apparent. . Place the animation in slow motion it is interesting in itself, because it shows us that there exists a much higher complexity than we expected
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Scenario 2 – Network intermittent Wi-fi: change aggressively to mobile network
Let’s now switch to a scenario in which we find ourselves in an area where Wi-fi network has faults and we have live data. By default, Android is conservative time to change a free Wi-Fi network to a data network costs, but if you really need an effective link, we can activate the “aggressive transmission Wi-Fi network p / mobile network “.
This option means that the system waits at least weaken the Wi-fi before sending the data to the mobile network, and the gain in waiting time is really easy to notice. Of course you may want to activate the option only when it is critical to have a flawless network, for example the transfer of documents or email, or the costs can skyrocket. . Says who knows
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Scenario 3 – Lack of space on the device: to force passage to external storage
This is one in we all encravamos at some point:. need space in the internal storage, but could not pass the apps to the memory card
again the developer options, we almost to the end, the penultimate menu and enable it means that any app can be transferred to external storage. OK, this not tested on Nexus 5X because we do not have external storage. If we recommend this option blindly? No. Because many apps may not work properly, so it is best to experiment with non-essential apps, such as games.
This option is not available on all devices.
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Scenario 4 – weak game charts: force 4x MSAA
Do not believe our word:. game graphics without (top) and with 4X MSAA option (low)
a very normal occurrence in games is aliased graphics, something that actually helps the smartphone to run the games with good fps with battery optimal spending and processor, but that is not always pleasant. Android is something conservative in this aspect and try to preserve our resources for a large number of apps, even in 2nd plan to ensure that all have their working space. So often the graphics that we are not always the best that the game gives, even if the game itself does not have a tab where we configure the graphic settings.
The “force 4x MSAA” means precisely “Multisample 4x anti-aliasing,” a form of anti-aliasing, which forces the processor to work mode plus the elimination of layered on match details, making them much smoother graphics, at least in OpenGL ES 2.0 applications. We can see the before and after a very simple game, Traffic Rider, where small knurled practically disappear.
The downside of this option is going to pull over by the processor, so the more battery. But when we want to play something with the graphics really at its maximum splendor, this option is unbeatable, since the processor can withstand, and in the case of the LG Nexus 5X we can not complain. . Not estranhem if they lose data in the background, because the focus becomes even graphic
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Scenario 5 – the service is not available in the area: fake location data
The option is just below the USB debugging options and is called “Select application fictitious location.” Play Store there are several apps that can use this option, such as Fake GPS Location Spoofer. Once selected the app, we can start to create fictional locations for our device.
Why would we want to do this?
Well, aside from the jokes to fool friends, how to say we were traveling around Europe, there are useful options for false locations such as apps or services that are not available in our area. For example, if we are a kind of expatriates from Porto to live in Madrid, we can maintain a false location in Porto to the targeted feeds and news continues to show the most appropriate content to our “context” local.
and there are those who go further and use something fictional locations of the mobile phone to catch Pokémon without having to move. But do not read us say this.
Conclusion
The Android system has numerous options that never use often, or we do not even realize well what they are. But even more options can be found when we activate the developer mode. Because precisely intended to programmers, these options were not designed for the optimal operation of the device.
However, on time, can take us a grip and can even help us to preach some matches to friends . If your Nexus is in the Beta program, better enable this option and will even further. Go however carefully, and enjoy.
Again, we remember that this article was done with the gentle transfer of an LG Nexus 5X to inscribe on the Android Beta program google.com/android/ beta. This link your compatible devices are listed and only enter them. At this stage, the Android Nougat is already perfectly functional for everyday use.
