These 2 services are always running in the background and consume 9.0MB of RAM each (according to System Panel, anyways). If I don't use DRM'd content on my phone, would deleting/freezing these two apps break anything?
I have them both frozen with tibu and everything is fine...fyi you can google any system app your not sure about and find the answer. Thats how I figured out its okay to freeze drm protected content.
oh and I suggest freezing not uninstalling!!
Frozen with TiBu here to, no problems
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I noticed that one of the programs that is running that seems to draw a fair about of battery power on a constant rate is is called com.bn.cloud.svc
is this some type of cloud storage?
if so I do not need it, is there a safe way to disable it?
I'm not sure exactly what it does, but I was always suspecting that it was syncing your purchases from B&N to the Nook Tablet and B&N's servers.
I was too scared to do it because of this...I have purchased books and I definitely want to keep my access to their content. It is, afterall, why I purchased the NT. Rooting/making it a tablet-like experience is all extra (for me at least)
Ok I'm tryng to using titanium backup pro to freeze it
Ok I'm tryng to using titanium backup pro to freeze it it does not sem to stop anything I want to do.
but I'l have to check if TB pro uses it own overhead to freeze it, thereby defeating battery usage savings.
You can just firewall it off with droid firewall - when I've done this it actually wouldn't launch in the background. I've also removed the app from the system/app folder (and any other b&n ones too) to a backup folder, and everything ran fine (and worked fine again after moved back+reboot). Shop seems to be the one you want to keep if you want to access your purchases.
When I want to totally get rid of an app, will the native uninstall feature of the Prime get rid of all traces of the app from the folders it generated on install, the exe and associated files, and any data that was entered into the app.
I know for Windows, to totally get rid of all traces of programs, the control panel technique will not totally clear the PC....sometimes you have to manually go in and delete folders (sometimes empty) etc or use a third party app that will eliminate all traces.
If I need a 3rd party app, any suggestions on a good one....Running .21/unrooted (at the moment)...not unlocked
Thanks in advance
Bob
For proper uninstalling of Apps I use Titanium Back up on my phone (rooted SGS2) that has the option to clear the data for it during the uninstall which I assume deletes all relevant files (not those created on SD card such as game files)
Uninstalling native apps like the @vibe free music you'd need to root it and uninstall it with a third party app (like titanium) I am waiting for either a .21 root or till my temptation to unlock the bootloader gets too great, it'll probably be the latter
Hi,
I searched the forum, but I couldn't find an answer to what exactly Downloads DRM Protected Content storage is or does.
I'm using 3G watchdog to monitor my data usage, because I'm on a very tight data limit (50MB). I configured my GS3 so it uses as little data as possible and normally my usage is ~1MB per day. A few days back I noticed that I had already used 3,5MB midday (3G watchdog widgets turning orange/red and everything). When I checked my Usage by application (in 3G watchdog) I could see that the process eating the data was:
Downloads
DRM Protected Content Storage
Media Storage
com.sec.android.providers.downloads
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Then when I checked the android Data Usage setting I couldn't see the Downloads DRM entry but saw a Google play store entry instead which used more or less the same amount of data. So I guess the DRM process must be related to Google play store. I decided to leave it for now and see if it would return or if it was just a one time event. After 5 days my 3gWatchdog widgets turned orange again and the guilty party was again the Downloads DRM process.
I searched for the phenomenon on the XDA forums and could see a few DRM entries related to 'extreme battery usage' or 'eating tons of data' but mostly they where dated 2010/2011 and none of the entries really explained what exactly this process is doing. And how to prevent it from doing so.
Even though it is not eating tons of data in my case (just 3,5MB). I very much would like to know what this process is and if at all possible prevent it from using my valuable bandwidth? Hopefully somebody can help me out. Help is much appreciated.
Details on my phone: GT-I9305, Stock Rom version 4.1.2, no root
o what exactly Downloads DRM Protected Content storage is or does.
Its for content that has Digital Rights Management like paid for movies from Play store .
Ongoing digital downloads from Play store ??
Clear cache and data from Play app .
JJEgan said:
o what exactly Downloads DRM Protected Content storage is or does.
Its for content that has Digital Rights Management like paid for movies from Play store .
Ongoing digital downloads from Play store ??
Clear cache and data from Play app .
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Ok got that, but the only thing I downloaded through the play store are apps. So no Digital Rights Management on Apps I guess. Or is there?
I've been using android for a while, and I'm not afraid to fiddle with my phone, so generally I root, remove bloatware and install ad blockers and stuff.
My motivation in this situation is that I'm low on storage space.
However, my current phone isn't remotely as ubiquitous as the HD2 I had previously and I can't just shrink down the system partition to make more room for internal user apps (at least not with confidence I won't brick my device).
So, I tried moving all my google apps back onto the system partition (I only like having apps I know I use regularly on system, so my OEM apps, Google apps, Skype and Facebook) and only half of them work.
I'd like to understand why this is and if there's anything I can do to fix it, because most of these apps were installed as system apps originally and worked fine (I moved them to user because pushing updates to system caused this same issue, and having duplicate installations is redundant).
A secondary part to this question is whether odexing is required or not on system (I thought this might be the issue, but odexing all system apps didn't work. I've read it's better to deodex and zipalign, so I will do that if odexing isn't important.
All good questions, I am in the same boat. Upgraded from an S3 to an S4, addicted to the CM themes and the best of them are quite large but require system space usage so even though I have loads of space on my ExtSD I have run out of space on my internal and now am having an issue with pushing simple updates to my system apps. Hope you get an answer to this question soon
I've tried perhaps a dozen different apps which claim to be able to backup EVERYTHING I've installed and all contacts, etc, but they only allow you to do this one app at a time! Or they tell you to authorize write access to your MicroSD card, but when I do, it keeps telling me to authorize write access to my MicroSD card (ad infinitum). There may be apps that will backup to various cloud services, but I do NOT want that -- I want to backup to the MicroSD card ONLY.
I'm running Android 9 on my LG Stylo 5. Can anyone recommend an app that will easily backup everything (except OS files and LG apps) to MicroSD?
Thanks!
That's a tall order without root access.
I'll try Samsung's Swart Switch next reload but I don't expect miracles; if it saves my theme, icon pack and wallpaper I'll be pleased. Relying on an app to save critical data can end up doing the opposite... very easily. It's no replacement for a properly used data drive.
I use my SD card as a data drive so my critical data is already backed up; vid library, images, contacts, word docs, music library, etc.
I choose apps that allow a backup folder or file like Poweramp, ColorNote and Digitalclock. These are impossible or hard to recreate.
Most other app settings are throw aways.
The OS its settings and shortcuts are throw aways. I'm not sweating the little things.
I do however save copies of all my loaded apps and system apk updates with ApkExport on my data drive. When reloading little or internet is needed. No Playstore goofing around as I load the apks and updates directly from the data drive.
Since I'm using a data drive mostly the only things loaded on internal memory are the OS, apps, the download folder and the DMIC folder. The latter two are backup to the data drive periodically.
Another downside to a copy "everything" app is even if you do find one is inadvertently introducing bad settings even potentially malware to the new load. The whole reason for reload is a get a clean load, free of previous issues.
Malware is another reason to keep the critical data as seperate as possible from the OS, apps and their volatile data.
Backup hdd copies of the data drive should be staggered (at least one from earlier date*) and kept on separate hdds that are electronically isolated from each other in case of malware.
I keep at least 3 backup copies of the SD card data, 2 of which are on seperate hdds.
*in case of a virus or malicious script getting embedded. There was one time over a decade ago that I was down to my last hdd copy away from potentially losing all my data. That impressed me... I keep many copies now in separate locations.
My Backup Pro - Apps on Google Play
The easiest backup for Android Supporting the most content and the most devices.
play.google.com
Take a look at this one.
blackhawk said:
That's a tall order without root access.
I'll try Samsung's Swart Switch next reload but I don't expect miracles; if it saves my theme, icon pack and wallpaper I'll be pleased. Relying on an app to save critical data can end up doing the opposite... very easily. It's no replacement for a properly used data drive.
I use my SD card as a data drive so my critical data is already backed up; vid library, images, contacts, word docs, music library, etc.
I choose apps that allow a backup folder or file like Poweramp, ColorNote and Digitalclock. These are impossible or hard to recreate.
Most other app settings are throw aways.
The OS its settings and shortcuts are throw aways. I'm not sweating the little things.
I do however save copies of all my loaded apps and system apk updates with ApkExport on my data drive. When reloading little or internet is needed. No Playstore goofing around as I load the apks and updates directly from the data drive.
Since I'm using a data drive mostly the only things loaded on internal memory are the OS, apps, the download folder and the DMIC folder. The latter two are backup to the data drive periodically.
Another downside to a copy "everything" app is even if you do find one is inadvertently introducing bad settings even potentially malware to the new load. The whole reason for reload is a get a clean load, free of previous issues.
Malware is another reason to keep the critical data as seperate as possible from the OS, apps and their volatile data.
Backup hdd copies of the data drive should be staggered (at least one from earlier date*) and kept on separate hdds that are electronically isolated from each other in case of malware.
I keep at least 3 backup copies of the SD card data, 2 of which are on seperate hdds.
*in case of a virus or malicious script getting embedded. There was one time over a decade ago that I was down to my last hdd copy away from potentially losing all my data. That impressed me... I keep many copies now in separate locations.
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Smart switch messed up my ringtones for apps, now they all sound the same. Plus didn't transfer secure folder tho it was given passwords when it asked.
So my game plan is to let Google restore apps and move only the most needed data.
badrsj said:
Smart switch messed up my ringtones for apps, now they all sound the same. Plus didn't transfer secure folder tho it was given passwords when it asked.
So my game plan is to let Google restore apps and move only the most needed data.
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You get the problem. I have zero faith in Google; they earned that level of trust.
AT&T restores my messages and Google, gmail.
That's it for the cloud services I use.
Save ringtones as audio files in their (your) folder.
Guess that's another little reload chore. Meh.
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Wasting your time asking for "everything" without root
You will only get the apps, and no data
Ive never used google for backing up data:
1) People think all apps backup their data to google...and learn the hard way that each app developer has to enable it, per app
2) The sheer data involved when youre paying a lot for data
Root for me every time, then Migrate (free) or MyBackup Pro (paid)
If you dont want to lose app data, and have to reset everything back up, root and one of the above.
Also, later version of Android restrict access to external sdcard, so i hope you mean backup to internal sdcard...doesnt mean you cant then copy it to external manually (yes theres a magisk module that can enable external sdcard access, but you shouldnt use it as it will bite you in the behind at some point)
In short, you want the easiest way to backup and restore apps, appdata, then root is your friend. Everything else half assing it,