Android is probably the most customizable OS in the world if you just have the know how. That is an well established fact thanks to the open source nature of the platform. but being sourced does not directly result in customizability. It just allows other people to take control of the software considering that they have all the code readily available to them. Those with the knowledge, then, can make adjustments to any elements of the software, visual or non-visual. It is because of this very reason that there are so lots of Android mods and custom-made ROMs. Today, we want to share with you a mod called KITANA that makes it much easier for you, the end user, to take complete control over your Android device.
KITANA is a command line based mod developed by XDA senior member tanu548 capable of tweaking various settings on your Android. These include performance, battery, kernel tweaks, I/O and a lot lots of other tweaks. To use KITANA, you will need a command line tool such as Termux or terminal Emulator. but before that, you will need to flash a zip file using a custom-made recovery. Obviously, a rooted Android device is also a need to in buy to use KITANA.
Requirements
A rooted Android device.
A custom-made recovery, such as TWRP recovery need to be installed on the device.
A command line tool such as Termux or terminal Emulator.
Also see: How to fix Google Play services Battery Drain
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Features
Here’s a quick rundown of all the tweaks KITANA can do for you.
BOOST: drops cache to complimentary up RAM.
FSTRIM: Fixes the trim lag bugs.
BATTERY CALIBRATION: You must make battery calibration only if you have problems with your device’s battery life without objective reasons.
STATS RESET: Wipes your device’s battery status.
BATTERY SAVER: saves Battery without minimizing device performance.
DISABLE DEBUGGING: Disables R/W debugging resulting, theoretically, in improved battery & performance.
DISABLE KERNEL PANIC: To avoid the bothersome reboot if the kernel is buggy or unstable.
KERNEL SLEEPS : improves kernel sleeps, saves battery.
DISABLE I/O STATS: Reduces CPU use & save battery.
FLAG TUNER: good for low ram devices but you can get unstable performance.
MULTICORE POWER SAVE: Can save battery but needs kernel support.
PERFORMANCE TUNING: fine tunes the device’s performance settings. better performance results in a lot more battery drain.
FPS UNLOCKER: improves performance, reduces battery usage by enabling a new FPS algorithm.
IN-CALL DELAY: Reduces the call delay to received or end a call.
IMPROVE RENDERING QUALITY: improves the graphics, but results in a lot more battery usage.
GPU RENDERING: uses better performance at the cost of battery life.
LIQUID SMOOTH UI: Optimized touch pressure scale with a little impact on battery life.
BETTER SCROLL: improves scroll action & speed.
HEAP OPTIMIZATION: Optimizes heap sizes.
HIGH quality GRAPHICS: use when your device is in low ram flag mode for optimized visual effects
RUNTIME OPTIMIZATION: tune Android runtime for better performance.
KERNEL TUNING: The all in One Kernel Tuner for Battery, balance & Performance.
CPU OPTIMIZATION: optimize CPU for performance, might result in a lot more battery drain.
SDCARD R/W SPEED: Boosts SDcard speed.
I/O BOOST: Boosts I/O for performance & Battery.
I/O QUEUE: Boosts performance at the cost of battery life.
FAST CHARGING: enables fast Charging, needs kernel support.
CACHE ALLOCATION: Allocate the amount of ram to be used for cache allocation.
CACHE RECLAIMING: control the tendency of kernel to reclaim the memory.
WAKE CONTROL: You can enable or disable doubletap2wake and sweep2wake but this needs kernel support.
OOM KILLER: improves performance when system is out of memory.
NET SPEED+: improves Download/Upload speed at the cost of battery.
TCP TUNING: Boosts data transfer.
GOOGLE DNS: changes Public DNS to google DNS.
RIL tuning : improves mobile data transfer.
IMPROVE browser SPEED: improves browser speed by buffering. small buffer is good and stable while large buffer uses performance thus undoubtedly depleting the battery faster.
IMPROVE video STREAMING: For smooth video surfing.
IPV4 & IPV6 support : For ipv4 & ipv6 support.
FAST DORMANCY: increases network speed but if not supported by network operator it can simply result in battery drain without supplying any advantages.
YouTube TUNING: enables enjoying high-resolution videos from any devices but some devices might become unstable.
DISABLE SYSTEM LOGGING: stops logging and logcat and must result in a better battery life.
DISPLAY QUALITY: improves the display quality using a special binary.
TOUCH IMPROVEMENT: increases touch sensitivity at the cost of the battery.
DISABLE BOOT ANIMATION: Disables the boot animation for fast reboot.
REMOVE ADB ICON: Removes the adb icon from status bar when connected to adb.
LOCK home LAUNCHER IN MEMORY: keeps thenull