Like stated earlier, this tutorial is for non-rooted users, so select the former. The next screen will ask for the “working mode” for your device: non-rooted or rooted.

Hit Next to get into the meat and potatoes here. It’ll start everything off with a welcome screen and a brief explanation of what the app does. This will ensure the app has all the appropriate permissions and device access it needs, as well all verifying that all the recommended system settings required are set in place. How to Set Up Greenify for Use on a Non-Rooted Phone (Most Users)Īfter installing and launching Greenify, most users will have to go through a quick setup process. It’s also worth noting that there are two ways to set up Greenify: with a rooted phone, and without. There are a few differences in how they work under the hood, but for the most part, you won’t notice a difference-except that the non-rooted version requires some initial setup. Feel free to download the paid version of the app if you’d like, but you do not need to do so to reap the core and primary benefits of this application. For the sake of this tutorial, we are going to cover how to use the free one. The paid Donation version of the app offers a few additional experimental features, and it offers users that like that app the opportunity to support the App’s originator. There’s the free version, and a paid “Donation” version.

There are actually two versions of the Greenify app itself. The first thing you’ll need to do is install the Greenify app-you can find it by clicking this link or simply searching for “Greenify” in the Play Store on your device. So contrary to the traditional “close everything” concept, you choose the list of apps you’d like to close, and everything else stays running as it always has.Īlright, now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s get started. It isn’t a blanket feature, either-instead of just closing everything, you must first pick and choose the apps that you’d like to hibernate. Not only will it stop an app from running, using Android’s built-in “Force Stop” mechanism, but it will also prevent that app from starting up again until you start it. “But that sounds like a task killer,” you may say, and “ you told us not to use task killers!” That’s true, but Greenify is a little different. Greenify saves you battery life by effectively and systematically pushing apps into a sort of “hibernation” mode-an idle state that keeps them from running in the background and draining your battery. RELATED: The Complete Guide to Improving Android Battery Life

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