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Boot it up, put in a sim card, plug it in (it's at 70% so it doesn't need to be plugged in immediately), sign in to wifi, sign in to my Google account. You can setup a fingerprint if you want.
Deny permission for most of the things it asks about (may we track location, etc; may Google Assistant track your location, etc). You can turn these on later from Settings if you want (on the initial permissions screen, if you click on the text for any permission, a box pops up that tells you where in Settings to find it).
For me there was a notification that Google Play Services needs to be updated, update it.
the first time you use the keyboard on the phone, it'll ask if you want to send keystrokes to Google. No.
Open Play Store, hamburger menu->My apps->Update All (you can't do this until the initial app download queue is finished).
Turn off Bluetooth
Settings->About phone->System updates, check for an update if one is not already downloading/installing (there may or may not be an update available).
Settings:
Sound->Emergency Broadcasts-> all off (NOTE: i think the presidential broadcasts may still be on; i think you have to root your phone to turn that off (!))
networks more: android beam: off
display: sleep: after 10 mins night light: turn on automatically; on set wallpaper to all black (wallpaper->solid colors->black) (AMOLED screens take less power to display 100% pure black pixels) font sz: large (note: accessibilty->large text is the same as setting display->font sz to huge) ambient display: off (i dont want everyone reading my notifications when the phone is down)
location: mode: high accuracy Google Location History: off (i thought this was cool, but [1] says that location services drains a lot of battery life; i doubt that changing this setting will affect that, but it's worth a try)
security: screen lock: password you can setup fingerprints from "Pixel imprint" screen pinning: on next to 'screen lock', select the gear icon->Lock screen message->enter 'If found, please return to XXX-XXX-XXXX' (someone ELSE's phone number)
date & time: automatic time zone: off (download app timezone changer and use it to set to UTC) use 24-hour format
sound: also vibrate for calls: yes phone ringtone: upload desired ringtone (note: to access/copy/export/transfer default/system ringtones from an old android phone, from a shell on your computer do "adb pull system/media/audio"; to load onto a new phone, send the .ogg file to yourself in an email attachment, download the attachment, open it with ES File Explorer, play it with ES Media Player, in the ... menu Set as Ringtone (after you select that, you'll have a choice between ringtone, notification, alarm). Could also use Ringdroid. default notification ringtone: off/none other sounds: all off
notification: gear menu->pulse notification light: on gear menu->when device is locked: show all notifications
accounts->google: turn off sync for the things you don't use, and turn on sync for the things you do (remember that if stuff isnt syncing later you might have to turn this stuff back on)
google: personal info and privacy:
language and input: google keyboard ("Gboard")
(the following only works with Developer options disabled, so do it now: double finger pull down notifications, loooong press on gear to enable System UI Tuner )
about phone: click like 6 times on Build Number to activate Developer options then, go back to the previous menu and go into the new Developer options submenu aggressive wi-fi to cellular handover: on turn off all of: Window animation scale, transition animation scale, animator duration scale
system ui tuner (i think this section is out of date?): do not disturb: show with volume controls: on, volume button shortcut: off. other: power notification controls on
(leave battery at don't show percentage except when you pull down the status bar; i think this is the default; the control is at Settings->Battery->Show Battery)
play store app: notifications: all off
accessibility: high contrast text: off
open gmail, menu->settings->(your email account)->manage labels: priority inbox->label notifications: on. sound, vibrate: off inbox->label notifications: off
open YouTube? app, Settings->Notifications->notify on this device: off (i heard this might improve battery life [3])
settings->moves>jump to camera (press power button twice for camera): on
install: dropbox firefox browser for android you can use Firefox Sync to sync bookmarks and tabs between your computer and your mobile; note: in order to do this you must have less than 5000 bookmarks; if you have too many, you can export your bookmarks, and then delete a bunch of ones that you don't want (the reason for the export is so that you can find the ones you deleted in case you ever want them again; keep this file around if you might want to do this); note: in my case i had over 5000 and i had to log out of my Firefox Account on both my desktop and mobile, then delete bookmarks on my desktop, and then re-sign up for my Firefox Account in order to clear the cloud sync data, and then log into the fresh account with the desktop, and then uninstall and reinstall firefox on the mobile and log in to the new Firefox Account, and then after it finished syncing to tell it to sync again, and then quit the firefox app on mobile and restart it in order to see the new bookmarks tools->add-ons->browse->search for ublock origin, and install signal private messenger (you may want to import old SMSs) simpletask (place widget on homescreen, filter settings: sort: (completed, priority, threshold date in future, due date, list, tag, threshold date, alphabetical, file order, creation date, etc), save (checkmark), title todo, then expand to 2x3, settings: appearance:task text ellipsizing->end, other->date new tasks->false, features->auto archive->true, notifications->calendar reminders->due dates true, notifications->calendar reminders->threshold dates true, other->append to file->false) calendar (schedule) widget jota text editor (jota->preferences->files->autosave on) pinterest skymap shazam life360 instagram pandora yelp skype connectbot google voice es file manager (settings->logger floating widget settings->off) clock (on homescreen)
Settings->Battery->Battery saver->Turn on automatically at 15%
settings->battery->menu->battery optimization->all apps->dropbox, dropsync->non-optimized
settings->apps->gear menu->brower app: firefox
on homescreen: google widget at top, agenda widget, todo.txt widget, alarms shortcut
on bar of frequently used apps at bottom of homescreens: phone, signal, gmail, firefox, camera
make sure Firefox Bookmarks are less than 5000 (if not, you may have to use the procedure in notes-computer-firefox to reset them after deleting some), and setup Firefox sync on new phone
Firefox->Settings->Search default to Google, check show search suggestions, history Camera->hamburger menu->settings->camera sounds off
copy Firefox Reading List from old phone to new, and make sure desktop and mobile bookmarks transfer
Settings-Apps->APP_NAME->Data Usage and just disable 'Background data' for:
Google now feed app (swipe left)->hamburger menu->Customize feed->stocks, remove all stocks ([4] suggests stocks in the Google Now feed can cause battery drain)
open Jota+, for each of the following, open from Dropbox, then ...->File->Create shortcut: notes.txt shop.txt ref.txt (on homescreen 2) remember.txt (on homescreen 2) say1.txt (on homescreen 2)
long press on homescreen 2 and add widget gmail->label->Priority Inbox long press on homescreen 2 and add widget gmail->label->Inbox
move settings to homescreen 2
shazam widget on homescreen 2
to get the app BetterBatteryStats? to work, you have to do this: [5]. basically, install adb, enable USB debugging, connect to the phone with a USB cable, then execute (with sudo if on linux): adb -d shell pm grant com.asksven.betterbatterystats android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
Dropbox->Settings->turn on camera uploads
Setting->Developer options->automatic system updates->off : i was once in a sticky situation where i was traveling, at a train station i didn't know, everything had been rerouted due to construction, and i was about to miss the last train, and my phone was almost out of batteries so i had shut it down while i was traveling to the station and turned it back on when i needed it at the station to get directions, and then it automatically installed an update and took forever to reboot (also consuming more battery power than usual, i assume). So, i don't think automatic updates is a good idea.
app info->google play services->battery->background activity->off
app info->instagram->battery->background activity->off
app info->firefox->battery->background activity->off
app info->snapchat->battery->background activity->off
app info->evernote->battery->background activity->off
app info->line->battery->background activity->off
app info->skype->battery->background activity->off
change default search engine to Google(?)
nova launcher
nova settings-> backup & import settings->(import, or, restore or manage backups) desktop->icon layout->icon size->120% ->shadow->off ->font->normal ->add icon to home screen->on ->wallpaper scrolling->off app & widget drawers->icon layout->same as above look&feel->animation speed->faster than light ->scroll speed->faster than light
settings->privacy->do not track->on
settings->accessibility->voice input (allow voice dictation in the URL bar)->off
settings->google->search->personal, deactivate all
settings->security and location->lock screen prefs->show lockdown option
settings->system->about phone->emergency information->set
maps->hamburger menu->settings->notifications->your contributions->all off
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