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more bull**** bloatware from the assholes at Verizon that was sneakily installed with our ota. lovely. i've seen some reports on phandroid.com forums of it keeping people's phones awake and using a good % of their battery. go to the market, you can update it, but but can't uninstall it. good job, verizon.
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Just noticed it chewing up my battery. Anyway to fix the drain?
esheesle said:
Just noticed it chewing up my battery. Anyway to fix the drain?
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I used Rom Toolbox yesterday to remove a bit of bloat from the ota rom. So far no problems.
I noticed that it has kept my phone awake for 16 hours also. Guess it is time to root so i can freeze some bloat
I actually updated it from the market and it stopped running because it "isn't compatible". Froze it to be safe though.
Weird I don't have that app at all ? Unless I already deleted it without thinking about it ?
Does anyone know what the heck it's for lol, go figure Verizon.
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jayochs said:
more bull**** bloatware from the assholes at Verizon that was sneakily installed with our ota. lovely. i've seen some reports on phandroid.com forums of it keeping people's phones awake and using a good % of their battery. go to the market, you can update it, but but can't uninstall it. good job, verizon.
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Exactly! Why verizon has to keep screwing with our phones is beyond amazing. There a way to get this pos crapware to stop running without root?
I see there are other android devices that got this in previous updates.
What the hell is it, and why aren't more people up in arms over it!
The name of it alone is spooking me out.
Oh and the lost battery life isn't thrilling either.
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I see there are other android devices that got this in previous updates.
What the hell is it, and why aren't more people up in arms over it!
The name of it alone is spooking me out.
Oh and the lost battery life isn't thrilling either.
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Probably a way to locate your phone for whatever reason. may or may not be used most likely as a "find my phone" tool as T Mobile uses, or that could be the scapegoat reason.
I'm assuming/hoping the devs pumping out ROMs from here on out will have it removed.
Just root and freeze it. No issues after freezing.
Is this just a normal app in the app drawer after OTA, or is it hidden somewhere, if so, where is it?
it's hidden, ya can't open it from what i can tell
cleanrom gb 1.6 doesnt seem to have it..must of been removed by dev..good thing.
EDIT: found it in the rom..guess i missed it..anyway I just froze it
Where can we find it? Root Explorer, then what? That's how I usually disable things.
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Where can we find it? Root Explorer, then what? That's how I usually disable things.
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Check out an app called Rom Toolbox. The free version will work fine.
Once you start it up, run its App Manager, and there will be a list of apps, and you can filter the apps by downloaded, system, etc.
Also has the option to backup the apps first, in case things go bad and you want to restore. I've tried the restore option but some apps didnt reinstall for me well. But anyway, i use it to uninstall stuff that I know is safe.
Hope that helps. Good luck with however you chose to uninstall apps.
You can also find it by browsing to /system /apps. (thanks to Scrosler).
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What's the name of it. I'm in titanium backup. Is it called com.vzw.location? I don't wanna freeze the wrong thing
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It's supposed to search for the best connection/tower/whatever on the network, is what I read on another forum - and drain your battery in the process. To disable it on the Rezound (if you're not rooted) go to the Market and download the update. Then find it in your app drawer, and when you tap on it, it will tell you it's not compatible with your device. You can close it at that point, and it stops running. Otherwise, you'll be lucky to get 8hrs standby time on your battery.
ok should we hit uninstall to uninstall updates, or just close it?
cuz its still running after i back out when it says incompatible
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Hello. My dell streak 5 won't shut down before the battery gets too low. It used to shut off automatically when the battery % got too low. The battery itself is good. I had Batteries Plus run their diagnostic on it. Its actually in excellent shape.
This problem was noticed the same time that I noticed the device didn't charge when turned off. I had an earlier post about that subject, and totally forgot to add this symptom of the problem. In that earlier post (Q&A titled something like "won't charge when turned off") most of you wonderfully helpful folks deduced the problem must be with the cable or the port.
However, with this new information, is there new possible solutions?
If I remember correctly, the only changes were simple updates to apps (some of which were busybox and other root apps) and possibly tinkering with froyo home switcher, launcher 7, and adw launcher.
I'm sorry I forgot this important detail in my earlier posts. I haven't even been smoking! Lol. I don't know why I spaced.
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MaggiesStreak said:
Hello. My dell streak 5 won't shut down before the battery gets too low. It used to shut off automatically when the battery % got too low. The battery itself is good. I had Batteries Plus run their diagnostic on it. Its actually in excellent shape.
This problem was noticed the same time that I noticed the device didn't charge when turned off. I had an earlier post about that subject, and totally forgot to add this symptom of the problem. In that earlier post (Q&A titled something like "won't charge when turned off") most of you wonderfully helpful folks deduced the problem must be with the cable or the port.
However, with this new information, is there new possible solutions?
If I remember correctly, the only changes were simple updates to apps (some of which were busybox and other root apps) and possibly tinkering with froyo home switcher, launcher 7, and adw launcher.
I'm sorry I forgot this important detail in my earlier posts. I haven't even been smoking! Lol. I don't know why I spaced.
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More than 100 views, but no reply. I'm thankful for the activity on this forum. It may be this issue was discussed in a sticky or answered previously. I'll search again.
Did you use stock battery or extended battery?
If I use extended battery, when battery on 1% it still can run about 10 hours more before shut down itself. You can fix it by flash nop dsc kernel with mugen power option.
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Did you use stock battery or extended battery?
If I use extended battery, when battery on 1% it still can run about 10 hours more before shut down itself. You can fix it by flash nop dsc kernel with mugen power option.
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well... what she said earlier is that the phone cant even charged when it is powered off... so..... never really have the answer for the problem...
No auto shut off:no charge when off
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well... what she said earlier is that the phone cant even charged when it is powered off... so..... never really have the answer for the problem...
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I am using stock battery. I am using stock/official AT&T 2.2 froyo. The only tinkering I've done is gingerbreak to root and added some root required apps like superuser, busybox, titanium backup, etc. I listed them all in a previous post.
I am really suspect of the busybox program. It's way over my head. I try not to do anything to it, but I updated it once and I remember a warning message that said to not mess with it if I didn't know a lot. And, I don't know a lot. But, I may have done something to busbox anyway becausr it ran for a little while, then went back to the menu screen. But, maybe that was just part of the update process.
I'mThinking of starting over. But, I haven't researched it yet. I know there is a thread/sticky to tell me how to get back to the very beginning. I would like the streak to be rooted, but with everything else start point. Then, I'll install titanium and starrt deleting bloat apps.
I wonder if the very few root apps I use even needs busybox?
Thank you so much for your help, guys. It's awesome that an older device has such an active community.
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I am using stock battery. I am using stock/official AT&T 2.2 froyo. The only tinkering I've done is gingerbreak to root and added some root required apps like superuser, busybox, titanium backup, etc. I listed them all in a previous post.
I am really suspect of the busybox program. It's way over my head. I try not to do anything to it, but I updated it once and I remember a warning message that said to not mess with it if I didn't know a lot. And, I don't know a lot. But, I may have done something to busbox anyway becausr it ran for a little while, then went back to the menu screen. But, maybe that was just part of the update process.
I'mThinking of starting over. But, I haven't researched it yet. I know there is a thread/sticky to tell me how to get back to the very beginning. I would like the streak to be rooted, but with everything else start point. Then, I'll install titanium and starrt deleting bloat apps.
I wonder if the very few root apps I use even needs busybox?
Thank you so much for your help, guys. It's awesome that an older device has such an active community.
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stock 2.2? wow... i really dont know what to say anymore...
Hello everyone
I'm experiencing some problems with my battery being drained rather fast. I'm running one of the latest CM nightlies but my phone is empty after only 11 hours.
I've attached graphs made with Better Battery Stat to this post. My usage to was: The phone didn't leave my house and i didn't use the audio. I used it from time to time to play a game (BounceBall) read a bit on the internet (Chrome) or Reddit (Reddit News).
Despite never moving my phone Google Maps/NetworkLocations seem to be run pretty frequent. How can i disable this? And is there anything else that mgiht be wrong with my phone causing a battery drain?
Thanks in advance
Note maps qnd location services. Disable them and you'll be fine.
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Note maps qnd location services. Disable them and you'll be fine.
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How do i disable them? Maps is already set to not automatically refresh my loction.
It's in settings somewhere, don't remember, hold on...
Setting/Location services untick away.
Open maps and untick the location options.
Disable all google now options if you don't use it.
Just realized you're on CM, check the ROM thread.
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Turn off google now thats doing it not google maps.
Yes, google now as well.
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i'd strongly recommend also to use Juice Defender in agressive mode on. With that, your data connection will be enabled every 30min instead of being always on in the background... this saves me a lot of battery as well.
I have upgraded from ICS stock to JB stock and now my battery lasts much less than before. I am considering donwgrading to ICS 4.0.3
Hope it helps.
I'd strongly recommend you don't use Juice Defender. At all. Ever. That app (and similar apps) was designed to hoover money from n00bs who don't know better.
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I'd strongly recommend you don't use Juice Defender. At all. Ever. That app (and similar apps) was designed to hoover money from n00bs who don't know better.
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.....causing more draining than before as a result of the ap itself.
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it's a free app, and I've tested with and without, and for me it makes a huge difference. if you never tried before, you should before saying it doesn't work... it's only 3mb and runs only 1 service on the background (around 6mb).
I did try it back when I was using a black wallpaper so I would get better battery life, on GB!
Trust us, you wont save any juice with any of those apps.
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gastonw said:
I did try it back when I was using a black wallpaper so I would get better battery life, on GB!
Trust us, you wont save any juice with any of those apps.
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I was using this with my good and old ZTE Blade and it worked really well. I will try to use my SGS2 without it...
Ok, and please don't install any antiviruses.
This is linux based, not windows
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Ok, and please don't install any antiviruses.
This is linux based, not windows
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Thanks this I know. I was using Linux instead of Windows in my PC for some years.
But I have Prey anti-theft installed... hope this is OK. Do you guys have any anti-theft installed?
I don't, should set something like cerebrus up now that you mention it.
Got samsung dive anyway.
I'm also willing to chop the hand of anyone that would try to take the little guy away from me.
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JuiceDefender does nothing you can't do yourself, and you'll pay a drain penalty for the (false) 'convenience'.
Prey is as good as it gets so far as those apps are concerned.
Lol, when you start looking into a device you're thinking about getting, when you're new to all of this, you only get the "battery life" part, hence you become obsessed with it.
The crazy thing is that you don't even know how your device behaves until you actually use it without all these apps, but you don't know that, so the first thing you get from play store, it's a juice saver app.
I should know, been there done that.
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Unless you read the advice of people who know from experience that these things use more juice than they save before you get your phone (Which is what I did for over a month before I got mine).
I didn't read any of that until I had already bought green power and weren't even using it.
Cool leaf logo tho.
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Use greenify (it's a free app) to freeze apps which usually run in your background, like your maps for example. Check out for a better description of the app in play store
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When I first got this phone, everyone at AT&T was raving about how great the performance is and how it out matches any other phone I wanted to buy. I can tell you that from my first week of using the phone I wasn't getting the "great" performance, but it was a major upgrade from my Atrix 4G, so I was happy about it. Recently though, my phone has been performing like s***. I have tried every ROM out for the AT&T variant; Elegancia, Viper, Blackout, and still nothing great. I am currently on Viper because of the mods that I can set up, but I am not happy with the performance of the phone one bit.
Here are some problems I have:
-Messages app literally force closes every time I get a text while I'm texting someone else
-When I press the home button, it shows my wallpaper, and takes about 3-5 seconds before everything else shows up
-When I use chrome, it freezes sometimes, so I click the home button, and it starts vibrating as if I'm getting a text and then goes to my home page
-When I open an app from the lock screen (dragging it in the ring) like my camera, it takes 3-5 seconds before opening up, and its all laggy to start
-And obviously, BATTERY LIFE. I know this currently isn't a fixable problem, but here is my daily struggle: I charge my phone over night, wake up at 9 for my class with 100%, go to about 3 classes consecutively from 9-12:30 without using my phone except listen to music to walk from building to building, and my phone is at 65%. How?
Anyone know what I can do? Or at least what it is causing this? Should I just completely wipe my phone and start from scratch? I know if I go to AT&T about these problems they are going to run me some gimmick on spending another $200 on a different phone; but I spend $200 on this one, and I expect it to perform like a $200 phone!
Like I said, I have an AT&T variant, running the latest Viper ROM..If there is anything else you need to know please feel free to ask.
Try running elegancia. I find it a lot more lightweight than viper. Also try bedalus' hxore kernel. Hopefully it helps.
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Ill try that when I get home! Anyone else have an idea?
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Ill try that when I get home! Anyone else have an idea?
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Are u wiping before flashing roms? That's very important. Also I noticed that wiping in recovery once and then wiping in aroma instaler is way better. Don't forget to wipe data , cache and dalvic. And yes try elegancia . Thats what I use and its smooth like butter.
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Use greenify....
I have had no problems with viper other than the battery. I flashed the beastmode kernel and it got a little better.
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Use greenify....
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Feel like a NooB.. what is "Greenify"?
I do use greenify, but the thing is i feel like it really doesn't do much...
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Feel like a NooB.. what is "Greenify"?
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Well it is a app available at playstore (requires root) which basically hibernates apps when not in use, like say - Facebook/ Twitter / a load of games... and thus saves memory and battery ...
If you had these issues like sms/mms force closing and what not from stock Rom before rooting or anything after market, you have a bunk device, trade it in for a new one. If u had these issues AFTER you rooted then I would consider my methods of flashing.
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The G2 has a fantastic battery already, why not make it even better?
I like to see how far I can push this phone's battery. In no way does that mean that you need too as well, but for those of you that do want a few more hours or another day, I'm happy to share what I've learned.
After I've spent time learning the quirks of this phone, and most of its respective ROMs, I've come up with quite a few tricks for improving battery life, some specific to this phone, some just in android general. I now get average 3-4 days battery life, when I use the phone quite often during the day all day long.
It is your personal preference on how much of android's background services that you use compared to apps. This is only suggestions for the users that want to improve battery life.
Heres some of the simplest questions you can ask yourself when you go through the settings center:
Do I really need this feature enabled? Do I use it often? Even if I do occasionaly use it, is it that much of a pain to just turn on when I need it?
Do I really need GPS on 24/7? How often do I really use GPS?
How many apps do I need running in the background?
Do I need to keep autobright on, or keep the screen super bright?
That being said, here are some of the simple things that Ive done.
I keep everything off unless I use it every day.
I keep GPS off 24/7, I never use it.
Out of habit, I always close all apps.
I keep autobright off and keep the screen on 14 brightness. Unless Im right outside in the sun its easy to see, and if I am I can just turn it up with the quick setting.
Some of the more advanced stuff I do, that completely varies on your ROM:
Go through all the system apps and freeze anything you dont use. Example being the Picasa uploader (for me at least).
Leave as little system services running as you need. You wouldent believe how many unneeded services android runs. On the stock roms there are TWO location daemons running.
Currently Im using CleanROM, I switch between it and Cyanogen about once a week, just cant make up my mind on stability v. features, but on CleanROM, some of the stuff I have currently froze
Nearly anything involving Verizon, the carrier APKs are massive bloatware.
I disabled a lot of google services, some people may rely on these, personally I dont, the biggest two google apps I use are chrome and Gmail.
If your on a stock based ROM, disable the LG services you dont use. Textlink wastes a huge amount of power, as does QSlide.
(This applies alot more to carrier based roms than it does Cyanogen/AOSP, but even they do have a few unneccesary servcices.) Be careful when you are touching system services, if you dont know what one does, a google on its function is helpful.
Use a different launcher. Excluding the stock google launcher, most factory launchers are very inefficient, LG Home is no exception. Personally, I use SmartLauncher, a very light and very nice looking launcher with a fantastic layout. Nova I know is very light on resources aswell.
The more widgets you have cluttering your screen, the more power they will waste.
I can personally confirm myself that Kitkat based roms have incredible battery life after they settle in for a few days, the kernel level improvements brought with KitKat are very noticable. Currently Gummy Rom and three CM11 builds exist for KitKat, why not give them a try?
If you have unusually high battery usage, check your wakelocks, and see what exactly is using all the power, and you can disable/turn it off and remove that battery drain.
On a final note, comeon guys turn your phones off at night. I have yet to hear a good reason to leave it running over night, all it does is waste power and most commonly let the notification light run for 8 hours. If you use your phone as a alarm, you could turn on airplain mode overnight.
These are just some of the things that I do, if you have any more suggestions, feel free to post them or message me, I'll be glad to add them to the list.
I do not own this device but whats the point of turning all the feature of your phone off just to get a couple more hours out of it just use it like you should and stop worrying too much...
My 2 cents.
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shahkam said:
I do not own this device but whats the point of turning all the feature of your phone off just to get a couple more hours out of it just use it like you should and stop worrying too much...
My 2 cents.
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What I do is abit extreme, but I enjoy seeing how far I can push it. A few people complained of low battery and wondered what I did. The guide is simply suggestions for improving. Most of a phones 'features' are rarely used.
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What I do is abit extreme, but I enjoy seeing how far I can push it. A few people complained of low battery and wondered what I did. The guide is simply suggestions for improving. Most of a phones 'features' are rarely used.
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U buy a smartphone to see how long it last? man you got too much money...
I use everything from 4G to syncing...
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U buy a smartphone to see how long it last? man you got too much money...
I use everything from 4G to syncing...
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I only buy a new phone when Verizon let's me, I just enjoy seeing how far I can push each phone's battery. Some people go crazy on theming, I go crazy on battery life. A few people wondered what I did, so I just made this.
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I think u shouldn't use smartphone. With my G2 I turn on everything from 3g, WiFi, GPS, push and sync everything from mail, Facebook, viber,...
Plz use smartphone, don't let smartphone use u.
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I think u shouldn't use smartphone. With my G2 I turn on everything from 3g, WiFi, GPS, push and sync everything from mail, Facebook, viber,...
Plz use smartphone, don't let smartphone use u.
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I'll say this again, not everyone is aware of some of the lower level services that android runs that are completely pointless and cause a lot of wakelocks. This drills some's battery life down to 8hrs or less, which they then complain about. You would be surprised at the amount of stuff I have enabled.
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I'll say this again, not everyone is aware of some of the lower level services that android runs that are completely pointless and cause a lot of wakelocks. This drills some's battery life down to 8hrs or less, which they then complain about. You would be surprised at the amount of stuff I have enabled.
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So u should make a thread to bring out list junk apps of android. That is more helpful.
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polaric said:
I'll say this again, not everyone is aware of some of the lower level services that android runs that are completely pointless and cause a lot of wakelocks. This drills some's battery life down to 8hrs or less, which they then complain about. You would be surprised at the amount of stuff I have enabled.
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GPS is not pointless, it uses for Facebook, navigation, weather update, yelp and a lot of apps.. what you deem is pointless is different than everyone...your reason to own a smartphone is seriously wrong in so many ways...just saying man but its your money.
Honestly people should just enjoy the phone rather than trying to make it last longer. If your phone can make it through the day then consider that a successful phone.
I assumed everyone used their phone as an alarm. I never turn my phone off subsequently.
Some nice hints for someone needing more battery; however, I disagree with your assertion that closing applications saves power. Assuming you need to open the application again it would make sense to leave the application running (idle) in cached ram.
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Great write up. Thanks for sharing ??
I have just clocked it to 1,5 and frezeed a few LG stuff. I'm always from 5 hour screentime and up. If I just reading a weekend between 8 and 9 [one time ]
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How do u freez the apps?
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Instead of turning it OFF for the night, turn ON Aeroplane mode. That consumes less energy, than a turn off and on. This also solves the alarm problem, and no email or whatsoever shall wake you up at while you sleep
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3thman said:
How do u freez the apps?
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Thanks for the tips!
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Thanks. I found this thread very useful
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I assumed everyone used their phone as an alarm. I never turn my phone off subsequently.
Some nice hints for someone needing more battery; however, I disagree with your assertion that closing applications saves power. Assuming you need to open the application again it would make sense to leave the application running (idle) in cached ram.
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It completely depends on how often said application is opened, and what it does while idle. I know out of hand while I'm at work I see several people with 3-4 games left open on their phone, this is more what I was reffering too.
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polaric said:
Go through all the system apps and freeze anything you dont use. Example being the Picasa uploader (for me at least).
Leave as little system services running as you need. You wouldent believe how many unneeded services android runs. On the stock roms there are TWO location daemons running.
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Could you list all the stuff you freeze? I'd appreciate more specific examples, thanks
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jesssiii said:
Could you list all the stuff you freeze? I'd appreciate more specific examples, thanks
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I wrote this late last night, so I didnt have time to look through the list of everything I froze, but I'll add it to the OP in the next few minutes since I have a few free moments.