Just a thought, maybe it's more effective to ask Nestle to bring in Nexus 5 instead of LG Malaysia.

I think it doesn't really matter about having Nexus or not. If it's Google Play devices, that's even a more cruel comparison between Play and non-Play variants. While I don't know what's the difference between a Play and non-Play S4 (or LG G Pad, these are the serious offenders), but it's not good for makers to continue get bashed for including bloatware for the same hardware. If I were Samsung, I won't bother making Play devices then. Having the Nexus line is better still for Google, as it can continue exerting pressure to makers to not skin the interface extensively. If Sony and Motorola (and to some extent, HTC) can cut down on customisation, so should Samsung and LG.

If that's the case, please give HTC the chance to make it. Although it's practically impossible given its higher cost in sourcing from suppliers instead of in-house.

Hey guys, I am closing my rhino shield bulk tonight. Anyone still interested please let me know!

This Google Play location services is starting to get on my nerve, keep waking my phone and prevent WiFi from going off. Now trying the Snapdragon Guru to see how it works.

May consider root. Do I still get direct OTA if I stay on stock ROM with root privilege?

May get noFrill or setCPU (what's the best downclock apps now?) to downclock and change the governor. Perhaps a little bit of Xposed module?

Do CM, PA or AOKP provide quick OTA now? My only issue with custom ROM is the annoyance to go into recovery and flash the update very often. Has there been a good workaround now? My last extensive custom ROM experience was back in 2012. LOL!

Sounds neat. So I don't need to enter recovery myself to flash the zip? Or I still need to, just there will be scripts to run everything for me?

Hmm, what custom ROM do you use? Prefer to run things in an easy to manage manner - not some custom ROM + custom kernel and whenever there's an update, I'll have to mess with everything again.

Sounds like an easy option. Let's see what can I do in the next few days.

Finally got my first charge that I am satisfied with on stock ROM. 18 hours on battery with about 2.5 hours SOT, battery <20%. WiFi off almost all the time and that makes Google Services taking only 4% (probably that disables the constant location pooling). Who knows keeping WiFi on actually drains more battery.

Hmm, my screen on is mostly Waze, Clash of Clans, Chrome and Pulse (and Feedly). All of them are pulling data directly from 3G. I never had such good endurance before though, back when I think leaving WiFi on is no big deal.

Is yours on WiFi most of the time?

I don't expect much battery saving in Waze la, can't expect that la when we are running the screen on, pinning on GPS locations and pulling data all the time - almost all the culprits of battery draining gather together.

Thanks for the tips though, saw the setting about changing traffic updates. Hope it helps out.

I have WiFi on but not connected all the time previously. Turned out it drains battery badly because Google is constantly pooling location data. My latest result is based on WiFi off - which stops the services Google uses to pool location and my phone sees notable improvement in idling mode.

I knew about BMW (the app, not the car ) and use it last time. Turned out I get noticeable battery life improvement when I uninstall it. That was the older days though. I am quite pleased with the current built-in battery monitoring at the moment so no issue on that.

Haha, true. I also barely manage to get enough people for my Rhino Shield bulk this time. Must find new poison for them, existing accessories are no longer interested for them.