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by 72deluxe 3899 days ago
How did you force remove the Google apps and Google Play Services? Did this require root?

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition that I bought in February, and it lasts nowhere as long as my wife's 2012 iPad3. Such a disappointment. I will sell it, last Android device I buy.
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skimpycompiler 3899 days ago
Of course, root, without it I couldn't do a thing.

I have Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 but older edition, battery is still fine, the OS got slow, even on factory reset, so, I decided to root it and runs much faster - pen use was not that great before, now it's perfect.

Note that the act of rooting didn't have anything to do with the speed up, after installing a custom OS with GPU optimizations for drawing graphical elements it worked great.

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ionised 3899 days ago
CyanogenMod is basically a stock Android without any of the Google apps, services or frameworks.

You can always install a very minimal version of the GApps later if you really need them.

Look for a Nano or Pico version. I can't remember which is the smaller of the two, but it basically just comes with Play Store and the Framework to make it work.

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