How do I disable the search box but keep the voice search feature of google now? What autostart services should I disable?
Get a different launcher
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Sorry I miswrote the question. I want to know how to prevent it from causing wakelocks on my phone, like how to disable the quick search box but keep the ability to use Google search's voice search.
The quick search box is part of the launcher. Turn it off in launcher settings. Not sure why you think that would be causing wake locks though. Its basically just a widget
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If you are on 4.x you can use Greenify to do what you want. It will put apps into hibernation but still allow you to use them from the icons or widgets. It will also indicate which applications are at fault.
Pirateghost said:
The quick search box is part of the launcher. Turn it off in launcher settings. Not sure why you think that would be causing wake locks though. Its basically just a widget
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It is on the list of partial wakelocks in betterbattery stats.
creepyncrawly said:
If you are on 4.x you can use Greenify to do what you want. It will put apps into hibernation but still allow you to use them from the icons or widgets. It will also indicate which applications are at fault.
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I don't see it on the list of apps to be hibernated.
azeem40 said:
I don't see it on the list of apps to be hibernated.
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Well, of course if the wake lock is caused by a system service, then it's probably not safe to greenify it. But there is still a way, and it is mentioned in the faq in post #2.
Before doing that though, you should greenify everything that the greenify app suggests is running frequently, and then watch what happens with the wake locks in bbs.
creepyncrawly said:
Well, of course if the wake lock is caused by a system service, then it's probably not safe to greenify it. But there is still a way, and it is mentioned in the faq in post #2.
Before doing that though, you should greenify everything that the greenify app suggests is running frequently, and then watch what happens with the wake locks in bbs.
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I see com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox on the list of partial wakelocks, 2 hrs and 9 mins of wakelocks. I used to get 0 drain in 8 hrs and now I get about 1% per hour on idle due to this. I read somewhere that there is a way to disable googlequicksearchbox from autostarting but still keeping the voice search active.
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I see com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox on the list of partial wakelocks, 2 hrs and 9 mins of wakelocks. I used to get 0 drain in 8 hrs and now I get about 1% per hour on idle due to this. I read somewhere that there is a way to disable googlequicksearchbox from autostarting but still keeping the voice search active.
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I don't know what it is. I've never heard or seen anything about that.
azeem40 said:
I see com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox on the list of partial wakelocks, 2 hrs and 9 mins of wakelocks. I used to get 0 drain in 8 hrs and now I get about 1% per hour on idle due to this. I read somewhere that there is a way to disable googlequicksearchbox from autostarting but still keeping the voice search active.
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use uninstall master and put it in recycle bin if you just wanna disable it
abced123 said:
use uninstall master and put it in recycle bin if you just wanna disable it
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I don't want to disable all of google now, just the quicksearchbox.
azeem40 said:
I don't want to disable all of google now, just the quicksearchbox.
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it s googlesearchwidget.apk
What I'm still confused about is why you don't just turn off the widget.
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What I'm still confused about is why you don't just turn off the widget.
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Cuz I didn't know it was a widget causing this wakelock. Thanks for letting me know.
My second post in this thread literally says its a widget.
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It makes sense to want to keep the widget and use it, but not want to let it wakelock the phone when the screen is off!
It should be easy to set your phone to only wakelock for these three things: phone calls, sms, and alarms.
Thanks
azeem40 said:
How do I disable the search box but keep the voice search feature of google now? What autostart services should I disable?
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Very thanks full ear for this was.
azeem40 said:
I see com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox on the list of partial wakelocks, 2 hrs and 9 mins of wakelocks. I used to get 0 drain in 8 hrs and now I get about 1% per hour on idle due to this. I read somewhere that there is a way to disable googlequicksearchbox from autostarting but still keeping the voice search active.
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I would like to warm this thread up a little: I have the same wake locks like stated in op but I don't have any Google widgets on my home screen, only clock and icons.
I have a xiaomi redmi note 4 with latest miui 8 stable
Any suggestions?
edwardenglish said:
I would like to warm this thread up a little: I have the same wake locks like stated in op but I don't have any Google widgets on my home screen, only clock and icons.
I have a xiaomi redmi note 4 with latest miui 8 stable
Any suggestions?
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Hi there!
I used this guide: https://www.xda-developers.com/stop-wakelocks-android-without-root/ for trying to stop the wakelock... not sure it worked yet, because I only did it a few minutes ago...
Edit: Its an AudioIn Wakelock - so obviously Google Voive hotword detection... Turning that off (at least on the lockscreen) should help...
pik1 said:
Hi there!
I used this guide: https://www.xda-developers.com/stop-wakelocks-android-without-root/ for trying to stop the wakelock... not sure it worked yet, because I only did it a few minutes ago...
Edit: Its an AudioIn Wakelock - so obviously Google Voive hotword detection... Turning that off (at least on the lockscreen) should help...
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How do you know it is an Audio Wakelock?
I have everything disabled, no widget on my launcher no shortcut on my lockscreen.
Still I get about 5minutes of wakelock due to google quick search box. I checked all google app settings and disabled almost everything. Nothing helped, wakelocks persist.
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* This is an Xposed module. You MUST have Xposed Framework installed. Otherwise this app WILL NOT FUNCTION.. You can download Xposed here: http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer
With Quick Access, you can allow your selected apps to be launched over the lockscreen without unlocking your device. You can also swipe up from the on-screen home button to launch Google Now or launch applications from lockscreen widgets without unlocking your phone . For example, allow your camera, music, and to-do list applications to be launched over the lockscreen to access them in an instant. Allow your friends to browse your music library without fully unlocking your device, quickly add a task to your to-do list; or never miss that photo opportunity; with Quick Access the possibilities are limitless!
In addition, Quick Access also enables you to expand your status bar in secure lockscreen and also show all widgets (instead of only lockscreen widgets) in lockscreen widget picker
Computer Mode: This allows you to let the timer keep going, even when the screen is off. This means that you can use EyeRelax to limit your time on the computer, television, or whatever other device you own, without using battery to keep the screen on and the timer running!
Notes:
- To launch applications from DashClock widget, please select DashClock in Quick Access. Or more specifically the activity: com.google.android.apps.dashclock.WidgetClickProxyActivity.
- To launch Google Now by swiping up from the on-screen home button while in the lockscreen, please select Google Now in Quick Access, or more specifically the activities: com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.SearchActivity AND com.google.android.velvet.ui.VelvetActivity.
- This application does not actually launch the applications (yet), it just allows them to be launch (via other methods) over the lockscreen. A good application to do that is DashClock.
Downloads:
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TwinBlade.QuickAccess
Xposed Repo: http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.twinblade.quickaccess
will surely giv a try.
Hi
Will it work on Samsung TW 4.2.2 lockscreen?
Publiuss said:
Hi
Will it work on Samsung TW 4.2.2 lockscreen?
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Yes it should work with all stock Android lockscreens.
experiencing what I believe is a bug:
I had three apps check to allow quick access, I rebooted, and now when I go back into QA they are all unchecked, and I can no longer check any other apps due to the 3 app restriction.
Sry but i don't really understand how it works. I tried it with some apps. Can someone post a example pic?
chrisch91 said:
Sry but i don't really understand how it works. I tried it with some apps. Can someone post a example pic?
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dadykhoff said:
experiencing what I believe is a bug:
I had three apps check to allow quick access, I rebooted, and now when I go back into QA they are all unchecked, and I can no longer check any other apps due to the 3 app restriction.
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dadykhoff said:
experiencing what I believe is a bug:
I had three apps check to allow quick access, I rebooted, and now when I go back into QA they are all unchecked, and I can no longer check any other apps due to the 3 app restriction.
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Thanks for the bug report. The issue has been fixed and version 1.2 has been push to the play store and the xposed repository.
chrisch91 said:
Sry but i don't really understand how it works. I tried it with some apps. Can someone post a example pic?
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I'll give an example. If you select your music application in Quick Access, you don't have to unlock your lockscreen to view that app. If you launch your music app and turn your screen off and on again, normally you'll have to unlock the lockscreen to access your music app, but with QA the music app will be displayed over the lockscreen so it's the first thing you see when you turn your screen on.
Another example with lockscreen widgets. If you have a google now widget on your lockscreen and click on it, normally you'll have to unlock first; with QA google now will be displayed over the lockscreen.
I have the examples make sense.
Ahh know i understand, thx!
Have trouble with this. I select the apps in QA, reboot, and nothing on my lockscreen.
Any suggestions?
Eighthourblink said:
Have trouble with this. I select the apps in QA, reboot, and nothing on my lockscreen.
Any suggestions?
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If you launch one of the apps you selected, turn your screen off and on again, do you see your lockscreen or the app you just launched?
Does not work for me I am on slimrom
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If you launch one of the apps you selected, turn your screen off and on again, do you see your lockscreen or the app you just launched?
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ah, okay now it works perfectly. Didnt know I had to launch the app first.
i like this app / idea . Thanks
is it available in the Downloads section of the xposed app??
karanrajkapur said:
is it available in the Downloads section of the xposed app??
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If your Downloads page is set to sort by status, it's right there in alphabetical order. If it's sorted by last update, it's the fifth listed. If it's sorted by creation date, it's the first one at the top of the page. And this is ignoring the fact that Xposed has a search function.
Quick Access (v. 1.3) crashes every time I try to launch it.
I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 with stock ROM (4.3).
OP: High hopes for this little app if got working perfectly!
BUG: Reboot command fails to execute. The app gets stuck at the command, and force closes!
divinemamgai said:
OP: High hopes for this little app if got working perfectly!
BUG: Reboot command fails to execute. The app gets stuck at the command, and force closes!
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Sounds like a root issue to me.
FWIW, it's better to just use the reboot option in the power menu anyways. The reboot option in the power menu allows apps and processes to terminate gracefully whereas when an app reboots it just kills all apps and processes.
interesting concept. so is this the same kind of idea as what google maps does then? where if the screen goes off, and you unlock, it will just wake up to maps? and then if you try to back out, it'll request that you do the passcode?
I'll hibernate them, then after a few minutes of not doing anything they show up again as not hibernated
Did you use greenify with root? In root mode when you turn off screen it will be automatically hibernate. Otherwise you must add a widget call name hibernate and use it instead of power button for turn of screen
I've found this too. Apologies TheMuyu, I don't quite understand what you're getting at - so you don't use the stock 'Power Off' button but another app How could that affect what Greenify does? I don't really ever turn my phone off lol
zhukoz said:
I've found this too. Apologies TheMuyu, I don't quite understand what you're getting at - so you don't use the stock 'Power Off' button but another app How could that affect what Greenify does? I don't really ever turn my phone off lol
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If you have root, enabling Greenify in SETTINGS>Accessibility and SETTINGS>SECURITY>DeviceAdministrators should automate the process of hibernation.
If you don't have root, you have to create Hibernation+Screen off shortcut from inside Greenify and use the shortcut for locking the screen/phone. That will hibernate the apps and also lock your phone. @TheMuyu was talking about locking the phone/screen and not about powering off.
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If you have root, enabling Greenify in SETTINGS>Accessibility and SETTINGS>SECURITY>DeviceAdministrators should automate the process of hibernation.
If you don't have root, you have to create Hibernation+Screen off shortcut from inside Greenify and use the shortcut for locking the screen/phone. That will hibernate the apps and also lock your phone. @TheMuyu was talking about locking the phone/screen and not about powering off.
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Thanks for that explanation, much appreciated
@tnsmani made a good explanation.
also i meant turn off "screen" not phone
i hope you solved your problem.
No problem! Sorry I misunderstood you, all good. Thanks
If I hibernate an app like Facebook, its hibernated.. why does it wake back up? how can it wake back up if I dont open it or call it or do anything to share to it etc...Makes no sense.
I am rooted with greenify installed, I hibernate Facebook. Facebook is set to no chat, no notifications, nothing.. it has everything you can disable disabled... yet time after time again of hibernating it, I wake my screen up and do a manual manual hibernation OR i open greenify and Facebook is right there under Apps that will be hibernated soon. i can see the message tha says "Facebook was hibernated when i do a manual hibernation but it always seems to come back on its own.
There are quite a few apps which will wake up Facebook in the background. In particular, any apps which offer to allow you to sign in via a Facebook identity. Even though you might not have signed up via Facebook, those apps will often wake up FB anyway.
If you want to ensure FB doesn't wake up, then you need to install Xposed framework, enable the Greenify module in Xposed and then tick the option on Greenify for Wake-up Tracker and Cut-off. You can then disable having other apps open FB.
greenmark69 said:
There are quite a few apps which will wake up Facebook in the background. In particular, any apps which offer to allow you to sign in via a Facebook identity. Even though you might not have signed up via Facebook, those apps will often wake up FB anyway.
If you want to ensure FB doesn't wake up, then you need to install Xposed framework, enable the Greenify module in Xposed and then tick the option on Greenify for Wake-up Tracker and Cut-off. You can then disable having other apps open FB.
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How can I disable other apps from waking up FB (or in general waking up other apps)? Via Greenify? Or do I need another app?
You need to root, then look up the thread on xda on how to install Xposed framework.
Then enable Greenify on Xposed.
Then there is an option in Greenify to cut off the wake ups
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greenmark69 said:
You need to root, then look up the thread on xda on how to install Xposed framework.
Then enable Greenify on Xposed.
Then there is an option in Greenify to cut off the wake ups
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All done before. But beside a text notification below the name of the greenified app stating which app woke up the greenified app there is no possibility to cut off those wake-ups.
If you highlight FB on Greenify there should appear a scissors icon on the top left.
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greenmark69 said:
If you highlight FB on Greenify there should appear a scissors icon on the top left.
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Ah, yes. This was the option I was looking for. Thank you
For other users facing the same problem: selecting the app that has been woken up (still running, not yet greenified) by long-press -> clicking on the appearing scissor symbol in the action bar will open a pop up notification where you have to confirm you want to prevent this greenified app from being woken up by other apps.
orville87 said:
Ah, yes. This was the option I was looking for. Thank you
For other users facing the same problem: selecting the app that has been woken up (still running, not yet greenified) by long-press -> clicking on the appearing scissor symbol in the action bar will open a pop up notification where you have to confirm you want to prevent this greenified app from being woken up by other apps.
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can u post the screenshot as i m not able to see scissor sign. phone rooted and have xposed.
saadtariq73 said:
can u post the screenshot as i m not able to see scissor sign. phone rooted and have xposed.
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Hmm, quite difficult to take a screenshot, as I can't find another app on my device which wakes up other apps as I have already cut off all such apps.
Try the following steps:
1. Open an app of which you know that it wakes up FB.
2. Close this app or go back to your homescreen.
3. Open Greenify and go to the section, where all apps that are greenified are shown (not the section where you can add apps to be greenified!) -> should be start page by default.
4. Now you should see that the app you have opened is running, but also FB, which has been woken up by this app.
5. Long press on the FB entry.
6. Now the scissor symbol should appear in the action bar and you can prevent FB from being woken up.
orville87 said:
Hmm, quite difficult to take a screenshot, as I can't find another app on my device which wakes up other apps as I have already cut off all such apps.
Try the following steps:
1. Open an app of which you know that it wakes up FB.
2. Close this app or go back to your homescreen.
3. Open Greenify and go to the section, where all apps that are greenified are shown (not the section where you can add apps to be greenified!) -> should be start page by default.
4. Now you should see that the app you have opened is running, but also FB, which has been woken up by this app.
5. Long press on the FB entry.
6. Now the scissor symbol should appear in the action bar and you can prevent FB from being woken up.
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thanks, but see SS no scissor sign
saadtariq73 said:
thanks, but see SS no scissor sign
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Try short press instead of long press during step 5.
BTW: make sure you have enabled Greenify in Xposed modules, rebooted your device afterwards and enabled the option "Track and Cut Off" in Greenify's experimental options.
saadtariq73 said:
thanks, but see SS no scissor sign
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You seem to have some issue. I see that one app says it was woken up by 'Home' which means that Wake up Tracker and Cutoff is enabled. But the other apps do not say how they were woken up.
Better uninstall Greenify and then reinstall following the recommended procedure and for good measure clean up data also.
orville87 said:
Hmm, quite difficult to take a screenshot, as I can't find another app on my device which wakes up other apps as I have already cut off all such apps.
Try the following steps:
1. Open an app of which you know that it wakes up FB.
2. Close this app or go back to your homescreen.
3. Open Greenify and go to the section, where all apps that are greenified are shown (not the section where you can add apps to be greenified!) -> should be start page by default.
4. Now you should see that the app you have opened is running, but also FB, which has been woken up by this app.
5. Long press on the FB entry.
6. Now the scissor symbol should appear in the action bar and you can prevent FB from being woken up.
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Had the same problem, and this solved it! Thanx, this setting is sooooo non-intuitive...
I cut FB from SayHi and Skout. then i decided that i might actually want to have SayHi to be able to wake up FB, so I reattached it. but it seems to have reattached everything else to FB. and I can't see the scissors icon anymore. FB doesn't say "woken up by..", it now says "content provided: AttributionIdProvider". I have tried clearing data and reinstalling the 3 apps and Greenify itself, didn't fix it. Any ideas? Thanks!
I'm on rooted S4 mini LTE running Android 4.4.2 stock and Greenify 2.6 beta 8.
nvm, scissors are showing on Greenify 2.5.2.
Is the "Track and Cut Off" function still on Greenify? I can't find it in version 2.7.1. Or is it a paid function?
Nayibmc said:
Is the "Track and Cut Off" function still on Greenify? I can't find it in version 2.7.1. Or is it a paid function?
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I am on v2.7.1 (donation version) and the wake-up path cut-off option is still available for me, despite the fact that there is no checkbox to tick in the experimental options any more.
Nayibmc said:
Is the "Track and Cut Off" function still on Greenify? I can't find it in version 2.7.1. Or is it a paid function?
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Yesterday the Dev stated this in another sub thread:
"Since the wake-up cut-off engine is upgraded in 2.6, Greenify now does not list the detailed paths cut-off due to the complexity, and the "re-attach" action re-attaches all the paths cut-off. I'm planning to bring back more details in Greenify for cut-off paths in the future version."
So is the Cut-off thing just for the donation version?
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So is the Cut-off thing just for the donation version?
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As I am using the donation version and have this option available, whereas you don't have this option, I would say: yes. But have you tried looking for the scissor icon for different apps? The wakeup-path cut-off option does not work for all apps, so you might want to check it by clicking on apps that are listed under "running" when you open Greenify (main screen).
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So is the Cut-off thing just for the donation version?
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Yes.
I have recently bought the donation pack for greenify and I have several questions. First of all, I want to say that the app is really fulfilling all my expectations but as someone worried about my battery performance I still have some question, but first I'll say the conditions of my smartphone:
Samsung galaxy s5 with lollipop using greenify 2.5.2 donation pack (non rooted)
Questions:
1) I cannot see apps like chrome to be greenified and I want to have them like that as I see chrome takes up to several hours of internet connection even if I have just used it for some minutes. I wonder this is possible because I suppose this can be made as in other apps like battery killers, chrome can be killed, but I just haven't seen how.
2) Everytime I open greenify there are many "pending" apps that are not hibernated, even if I click in "zzz" button or in the button that says "hibernate and turn off the screen". The only way to deal with these pending apps is to select all of them and click on "zzz". I guess there should be a way to have them automatically hibernated.
3) There is an option in the menu that talks about an automatic manner to do this but I don't see how to activate it. I have it marked the greenify options for locking the screen but there are even more things to set that I don't see where and how. Maybe you can guide me in this better. In case I have this option chosen, pending apps will be automatically closed after some minutes, as it is said? if so, how many minutes?
Thanks in advance!
paco_ramirez said:
Questions:
1) I cannot see apps like chrome to be greenified and I want to have them like that as I see chrome takes up to several hours of internet connection even if I have just used it for some minutes. I wonder this is possible because I suppose this can be made as in other apps like battery killers, chrome can be killed, but I just haven't seen how.
2) Everytime I open greenify there are many "pending" apps that are not hibernated, even if I click in "zzz" button or in the button that says "hibernate and turn off the screen". The only way to deal with these pending apps is to select all of them and click on "zzz". I guess there should be a way to have them automatically hibernated.
3) There is an option in the menu that talks about an automatic manner to do this but I don't see how to activate it. I have it marked the greenify options for locking the screen but there are even more things to set that I don't see where and how. Maybe you can guide me in this better. In case I have this option chosen, pending apps will be automatically closed after some minutes, as it is said? if so, how many minutes?
Thanks in advance!
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Have you set Greenify to "on" in SETTINGS>Accessibility?
If you want to manually hibernate, create the shortcut from within Greenify (use the three button icon on the top right). When you use the shortcut, the chosen apps will be hibernated and the screen will be locked afterwards.
In Autohibernate, the time taken for hibernation varies but all apps should be hibernated within 10 minutes max.
For hibernating system apps like Chrome, I think you need root permission.
Yes, the accesibility for Greenify is set to activated. However this options is never enabled within the "experimental settings" menu. It's always set to off. So I have never seen my phone awaking ten minutes after to turn off all pending apps. They remain opened. Any hint?.
Best regards!
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Yes, the accesibility for Greenify is set to activated. However this options is never enabled within the "experimental settings" menu. It's always set to off. So I have never seen my phone awaking ten minutes after to turn off all pending apps. They remain opened. Any hint?.
Best regards!
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When you click the "always off" Automatic Hibernation option in Experimental Features, what happened? It is supposed to be a accessibility setting dialog for you to enable the accessibility service from Greenify for the first time, then Device Admin dialog to enable the other service for the second time, and being checked at last for the third time.
Here I post the sequence I do in screenshots. Evrytime I click in that button it appears the same dialog. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong...but i dont get it working and I have to hibernate manually pending apps
Thanks for helping! ?
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Here I post the sequence I do in screenshots. Evrytime I click in that button it appears the same dialog. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong...but i dont get it working and I have to hibernate manually pending apps
Thanks for helping! ?
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Have you enabled 'secure key guard'?
If so, disable it and then check.
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Have you enabled 'secure key guard'?
If so, disable it and then check.
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Yes! it was that!. I supposed it was enough by allowing greenify in the security menu. Thanks!
However, I wanted to have it working because I thought it was the only way to have pending apps hibernated because with the button "hibernate and lock" was not hibernating pending apps. After rebooting the phone (thing that I do seldom) it works as I expected. I guess this was the cause why greenify wasn't worked as I expected. Then, for me it is ok if I have that button since it does what I expected to.
Thanks to all!
Please help ... My widgets stop updating after deep sleep {if my phone screen is of for about an hour}
I have added the widget app in ignore battery optimization and enabled auto start and run in background in battery optimization .. still the widget stops updating ..
Any help is appreciated
there is a reason the battery is so good. the phone is basically shutting down when idle. You need to go in tot the settings and exclude the app/widget from the battery optimisations.
as i stated before , i did remove it from the battery optimizations but still the widget stops working after sometime
mwatson said:
there is a reason the battery is so good. the phone is basically shutting down when idle. You need to go in tot the settings and exclude the app/widget from the battery optimisations.
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Sorry, there must be an associated process that is sleeping. Have you tired removing all battery optimization for a while just to check? Might be worth emailing the Dev. They may know what is happening.
ill try that ,,, thanks for the idea , ill report back .
i disabled all battery optimizations , still the widget stops updating after some time , the strange thing is that the widget has manual refresh button , but after some time that button also disappears check the picture below
hwoarang626 said:
i disabled all battery optimizations , still the widget stops updating after some time , the strange thing is that the widget has manual refresh button , but after some time that button also disappears check the picture below
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I tried that app for myself. Doesn't update automatically for me as well. However other widgets that auto updates frequently works fine. So it should be a fix to be done by the app developer for this specific app.
hwoarang626 said:
Please help ... My widgets stop updating after deep sleep {if my phone screen is of for about an hour}
I have added the widget app in ignore battery optimization and enabled auto start and run in background in battery optimization .. still the widget stops updating ..
Any help is appreciated
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What firmware are you running on the phone?
The latest from huawei 8.0.0.115
I have another problem .. some times when i switch on the screen everything changes to very small even the navigation bar icons .. its like the resolution changes and everything will be small .. ill.post a screenshot when it happens again .. a workaroung i go to screen resolution and change from hd to fhd then back to hd and the icons and text comes back to normal size
I have the widget problem as well (on .115, C636). I'll report back if I find a solution.
I also have the widget problem on my ALP-L29 ".115 (c636)" and it's really bugging me!
Whichever phone I use, I set up the BBC News and BBC Sport pages as two full screen widgets to the left of my home screen. They're great apps/widgets which means everything I need to know is one or two swipes away.
After sleep, neither will refresh anymore. The sport widget actually has a manual refresh button but now the icon is just constantly spinning as if it's trying to constantly refresh.
Any help at all would be much appreciated.
These widgets were fine on my Mate 9.
115 C636. I have calender agenda widget which does not update automatically like it used to.
Same here.
Weather widget and News widget are working fine, BUT i tried 5 different calendar widgets from store and none of them did work (no refresh).
BLA-L29 8.0.0.115 (C432).
Did not have any problems on my former Mate 9.
Must be an Oreo thing. I contacted the developer of my calendar widget so let's hope he can fix it.
I am afraid to say that, but i contacted the developer of my widget also and he answered, that the widget is working fine with Oreo (Emulator).
I think it could be a problem with EMUI 8. Not sure, but i think at the beginning of the Mate 9 there were similar problems, that some notifications didnt work.
That was fixed with an update from Huawei.
Bad news so far folks, have updated to ".119 (c636)" via Funky Huawei and still no fix for both the widget problem and the issue of not being able to perform some actions from the notification shade (like delete Gmail emails).
Really hope this is fixed with next update or I may be tempted to get rid. Unacceptable for a 2017, Oreo phone!
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By the way, I tried the same widgets with Nova Launcher and got the same problems. So it's something in Emui 8 or Huawei's version of Oreo that's causing the issues, not the stock launcher.
@Hymastar
Did you inform Huawei about this bug?
My developer of my troublesome widget says it works fine too. He thinks it must be EMUI killing the task in the background and not allowing it to run properly.
Hi, had a breakthrough of sorts!
I switched back to the standard/stock launcher and tried the option with no app drawer i.e. default setting.
Took me a while to organise all my apps into Huawei's fiddly little folders (can't stand icons everywhere!) BUT the widgets are working fine!
Just to clarify, the widgets in question are from the BBC News and Sport apps which I always use as full page screens to the left of my home page.
So, I'll stick with the non-app drawer launcher for now, but it doesn't really solve the problem as I much prefer having an app drawer... @Hudrator I wouldn't know how to go about contacting Huawei?
Forget the above post, after 12hrs or so (maybe a deep sleep) the widgets are once again failing to update regardless of home screen style.
Thought I had found a temporary fix...