Syncing all apps at the same time - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Like all of us, I have multiple applications which fetch data from emails, rss feeds, twitter, facebook, etc. For exemple, my Tweetcaster fetch data each 60 minutes, Feedly each 60 minutes, K9 each 60 minutes for all accounts, etc. Is there a way to make applications to sync/fetch all at the same time ?
I was watching a Google I/O session on YouTube, which was very interesting. The bottom line is, to save battery, you should sync everything at the same time, so one big cookie instead of multiple small cookies through the day. Therefore, I am looking for a way to force my applications to sync all together at the same time.
I agree that the amount of battery save would be minimal, but I still would like to know if this is possible.
Thank you,
Neo.

there is an app i think called "sanbox", that allows you to do that, just hunt for it in the playstore.

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How often do the Google services sync?

I've go a Hero and it's setup to sync my Calendar, Contacts and Mail. Unlike the iPhone, I haven't been able to find a setting for how often this sync happens?
Anyone know if there's a way to setup Push vs 15mins vs blah blah, or just how often it does it?
Thanks,
Stephen
nope, no settings.
it just does it when it needs to.
it's pseudo push....it seems to ping every so often in the background and only do a full sync when some changes have been made at one end or the other.
seems pretty quick on mine, i generally get emails within the minute. Plenty fast enough for anyone (lets face it, no-one needs their emails within 5 seconds, they just like to get arsey about it!)
Sure, I was just wondering whether (like on an iPhone) you could lengthen your battery life by setting the interval up a bit.
nope. you can turn it off, but that's it.
there are various apps in the market that can turn it on and off at various times, and may be able to simulate something like that by turning it on and off regularly....
rhedgehog said:
nope. you can turn it off, but that's it.
there are various apps in the market that can turn it on and off at various times, and may be able to simulate something like that by turning it on and off regularly....
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pls tell the names of those apps
try searching the market for 'sync' maybe?
Alternatively, check the older threads here for something like 'turn sync off at night'.
I cant remeber the name of the thread exactly, but there is one discussing this, and an app was found.
App "Locale" with Sync plugin (separate install) are great for turning sync on and off according to conditions like time, location, battery-level, etc.
henningl said:
App "Locale" with Sync plugin (separate install) are great for turning sync on and off according to conditions like time, location, battery-level, etc.
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Awesome. I knew someone here would know.
You can also set up the regular "mail" client (vs gmail) to pull in your data. This has a setting for how often it syncs.
yeah but that's only for mail, not for contacts and calendar as well.
But very good point for those who are only interested in email....

Data Traffic Drain!! -- what the heck is this!

Trying different data monitoring appliocations and i noticed that it drains like hell... in 10 minutes more than 10 MB!
nothing is working in background except
- Weather widget,
- Facebook widget,
- in addition to Email and Whatsapp.
Even email is syncing only once per hour? (gmail is disabled)
So are these data number correct? what's going on??
Maybe Market Updates.
i dont know , i am trying many monitoring applications to check application is doing so ... but seems market is the most... doesnt it stop when u close it with a back button!!!
It doesn't. Its a core android service.
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Presume its the same as SGS1 unless data was turned off something connected every 5 mins .
jje
It's prolly and app you have in the background or maybe your market is set to automatically update apps.
I'm @ 150 MB for 10 days of use. I only have the Weather widget pulling data. 2 Gmail accounts with auto sync enabled. Market is set to notify for updates but not to update apps autmatically. Watched a 5 min youtube clip. Check facebook and twitter 10-15 times a day. Uploaded approx 7 facebook photos. Check pulse and xda 5-10 times daily.
The usage above is only when I'm on data. I did not include anything I've done over WiFi.
aridoasis said:
It's prolly and app you have in the background or maybe your market is set to automatically update apps.
I'm @ 150 MB for 10 days of use. I only have the Weather widget pulling data. 2 Gmail accounts with auto sync enabled. Market is set to notify for updates but not to update apps autmatically. Watched a 5 min youtube clip. Check facebook and twitter 10-15 times a day. Uploaded approx 7 facebook photos. Check pulse and xda 5-10 times daily.
The usage above is only when I'm on data. I did not include anything I've done over WiFi.
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thank you, it is very similar setup to what i have... could the monitoring applications go wrong?

[Q] How much battery does Motoblur Social Networking app drain?

I noticed some horrible battery life (about less than 9 hours) on my phone, and suspected that Motoblur had something to do with it. 4G, bt, wifi, and gps were not on the entire day.
I did a quick search and saw people complaining that the Social Networking app can be a battery drainer. Have you guys noticed anything?
I set it to one hour sync for now (instead of the default - push), and we'll see how it goes tomorrow. But if that's the case, do you know if I can remove those accounts completely, but still have Facebook and Twitter account information linked to the contacts with their own apps?
9 hours is honestly ok
You can remove any accounts you want and the phone will function fine. My phone lasts like 12 hours with medium use and 6 and a half with heavy usage.
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Not really, i constantly check my battery usage and Social Networking has always stayed low on the list. I also have mine set to 1 hour update increments. I was interested in removing all motoblur parts but was disappointed to find that androids Facebook app does 'not' sync pictures to contacts and such and doesnt contain an option. If there is a way to do this, i'd like to know as well. What you can do if your rooted is allow moto's social networking to tag all of your contacts with pictures, then backup your contacts with Titanium. At that point you can remove you accounts, restore through Titanium and have your pictures on your contacts with your facebook account unlinked. Granted, this obviously wont work for new friends you would acquire.
I would just put up with it till someone releases a rom with stock android if you really dislike motoblur. Hopefully that will happen soon, as that seems to be what most people are wanting.

[Q] Google Now Optimum Utilization, How do you do it?

I was trying to figure out if you wanted to take full advantage of google now what would be the standard operating procedures to do that?
Here is an Example. Make sure that all your calendar events have an address in the location so that google can alert you when you should leave your current location so you can arrive on time based on traffic conditions.
Are there other things that you do so that Google Now can reach its full potential in helping you?
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How would Facebook use 2.7GB without uploading video?

I have a coworker who asked me about his Galaxy S5. He showed me how Facebook has used 2.7GB of mobile data alone (5.71GB of Wi-Fi!). He's a light user who reads his news feed and uploads one or two pictures a week. His video streaming option is set to Wi-Fi only, and Facebook isn't syncing contacts or photos. He isn't rooted, and has everything stock; he hasn't even changed launchers. Not a tech user at all.
One thing he does that seems strange is, after he's done using Facebook, he logs out. I don't know how strange that is. I've never logged out. I secure my phone, but not any of my apps. This guy doesn't mind putting his password in every time. The only thing I can think of is that logging out clears the app's cache, but why would it?
I told him to use Chrome and showed him how to enable data compression, but I don't think that's going to help too much.
I checked my own Facebook usage (HTC One M8) and Facebook has used 0.07GB. So like, 70MB. That sounds more like it.
I'm shocked by the 2.7GB, but the 5.71GB is just nuts. Or when you add them together to get 9.4GB. Unless he's lying and he actually is recording video at the GS5's highest capacity (2K?) and uploading hours and hours of it... I just don't see it.
Just thought I'd throw it out there. It's a pretty niche case.
EDIT: I couldn't get it out of my head that he logs out every time, so I did an experiment with my phone (HTC One M8). Checked my Facebook cache. 64MB. So I open Facebook, and log out. Check the cache again — 3.7MB. Scroll Facebook about 10-20 pages, check cache. Around 6MB. Logged out, cache is back to 3.7MB. Scrolled Facebook even farther and got it up to 8MB. Cleared cache again. 3.7MB again.
Similar results on his GS5.
I'm not sure logging out of Facebook and rebuilding the cache every time accounts for 9GB, but it's a start. The man is a grandfather, and during the cache clearing trials, he opened a video of a baby. I respected his privacy and didn't look, but I wonder if he's been watching that video and having to download it every time. That and other videos.
I told him to stop logging out of Facebook, at least to see if it brings his data usage back down. He already had it set to not use background data, and I showed him how to manually clear it out of memory (home button, recent button, swipe Facebook away). I know he doesn't need to and you probably know he doesn't need to, but he wanted a way to "get rid of it" until he needed it again.

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