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Can someone help me with which apps I can hibernate without shutting the app down completely to where it's not functioning or is that what greenify means? I don't what certain apps to be killed but also don't want them consuming a lot of battery or data running in background... Help please!!
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Can someone help me with which apps I can hibernate without shutting the app down completely to where it's not functioning or is that what greenify means? I don't what certain apps to be killed but also don't want them consuming a lot of battery or data running in background... Help please!!
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Then Greenify is not for you. It closes unwanted apps when the screen goes off. It has no effect when the screen is on.
You select the apps that get hibernated when the screen is off. Generally, you look at which apps are using batter when the screen is off - and if what they're doing in background is unimportant to you you set them to be hibernated. If there are certain apps that you don't want hibernated - then don't set them to be hibernated. The hibernated apps are not shut down completely like with a task killer, just hibernated - the same as your system sometimes does.
If this sounds complicated, then, yeah, it's probably not for you. Buy an extended battery for your phone and be done.
Nexus 6 and Moto X (2014), rooted, no Xposed. Both on Android 6.0. Full version of Greenify set to automatically hibernate select apps (Facebook and Amazon being the top offenders). Symptoms:
- When the device is charged, the screen would turn on intermittently every 1-3 minutes.
I was going crazy, trying to identify what app is responsible for this. Reboot in safe mode, charging quietly. Then I started disabling root apps one after another. This behavior stopped when I disabled Greenify.
Then I was trying which setting in Greenify was responsible for this behavior. I discovered that when Automatic Hibernation was off in Greenify (with other features such as Aggressive Doze still active), the phone would not wake while being charged. Then I watched closely what happens when Greenify hibernates apps, and discovered that it displays a toast message - which, in both Nexus 6 and Moto X, is enough to wake the display. After that, the apps would probably wake up, and Greenify will attempt to greenify them again on next cycle. This goes on and on without an end.
Two issues here.
1. Greenify should NOT attempt to hibernate apps while charging - and yet, it does.
2. At least there should be an option for Greenify to NOT display a toast message, in which case the phone will not be awake.
3. Final observation. This behavior does NOT occur on other phones (and tablets!) in my possession. Most probably it's a Moto thing that has something to do with Ambient Display.
Suggested fix:
1. Either remove toast notifications or add an option to disable them.
2. Only greenify apps after some time the phone is NOT on a charger (that is, treat "charger connected" the same way as you treat "display on", resetting the countdown timer before hibernation should occur).
aoleg said:
Nexus 6 and Moto X (2014), rooted, no Xposed. Both on Android 6.0. Full version of Greenify set to automatically hibernate select apps (Facebook and Amazon being the top offenders). Symptoms:
- When the device is charged, the screen would turn on intermittently every 1-3 minutes.
I was going crazy, trying to identify what app is responsible for this. Reboot in safe mode, charging quietly. Then I started disabling root apps one after another. This behavior stopped when I disabled Greenify.
Then I was trying which setting in Greenify was responsible for this behavior. I discovered that when Automatic Hibernation was off in Greenify (with other features such as Aggressive Doze still active), the phone would not wake while being charged. Then I watched closely what happens when Greenify hibernates apps, and discovered that it displays a toast message - which, in both Nexus 6 and Moto X, is enough to wake the display. After that, the apps would probably wake up, and Greenify will attempt to greenify them again on next cycle. This goes on and on without an end.
Two issues here.
1. Greenify should NOT attempt to hibernate apps while charging - and yet, it does.
2. At least there should be an option for Greenify to NOT display a toast message, in which case the phone will not be awake.
3. Final observation. This behavior does NOT occur on other phones (and tablets!) in my possession. Most probably it's a Moto thing that has something to do with Ambient Display.
Suggested fix:
1. Either remove toast notifications or add an option to disable them.
2. Only greenify apps after some time the phone is NOT on a charger (that is, treat "charger connected" the same way as you treat "display on", resetting the countdown timer before hibernation should occur).
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On my phone Greenify does not attempt hibernation while charging. In fact if I open Greenify while charging, I get the whole list of all the apps chosen by me for hibernation with a text on top saying something like hibernation will take place after the charging is over.
It may have something to do with the way these Moto phones charge. They may, from time to time, report that the charger has been disconnected (while in fact continuing charging). This by itself does not turn on the screen; Greenify does.
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It may have something to do with the way these Moto phones charge. They may, from time to time, report that the charger has been disconnected (while in fact continuing charging). This by itself does not turn on the screen; Greenify does.
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As a data point my 2013 Moto X does not exhibit this behavior. v2.7.1, rooted, Xposed, boost mode. Only time I have observed a non-interactive toast is in non-root mode; the screen wakes momentarily when apps are hibernated. You can squelch this behavior by disabling Greenify permissions under Accessibility (not needed in root or boost modes).
This was happening for me as well, Nexus 6P on Android 6.0, Greenify 2.8 beta 3. Not only did it wake up the screen during the charge, but it actually stopped the phone from charging and the toast message seemed to include every single app I had Greenified. It was present in both boost and root modes and was the main reason I uninstalled the app.
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This was happening for me as well, Nexus 6P on Android 6.0, Greenify 2.8 beta 3. Not only did it wake up the screen during the charge, but it actually stopped the phone from charging and the toast message seemed to include every single app I had Greenified. It was present in both boost and root modes and was the main reason I uninstalled the app.
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Same behavior on my 6P on 6.0.1. with the same Greenify version. I disabled automatic hibernate and now the screen stays off during charging.
I get the same with my xperia Z3c running concept rom, except I don't get a toast messsage. I thought I was going crazy when I first noticed this strange behaviour. Found this thread from a Google search by the way.
Which version of Greenify do you noticed this behavior in? It is supposed to be fixed in the recent beta version.
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Which version of Greenify do you noticed this behavior in? It is supposed to be fixed in the recent beta version.
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version 2.8 beta 3 with paid unlocker through play store and xposed. My bad, realised I'm a few beta releases behind. Updated to latest and all is well so far.
I use Greenify for a long time with donation package, beta tester also.
At the moment I'm using it on a non-rooted Samsung Note 5
I add most of the programs be "greenified" except a few important for me.
The BIG PROBLEM is that in most of the times when there is an ACTIVE CALL, Greenify strart "working" and I can not do aniting. The phone is "black" and I can not even close/finish the call, just waiting Greenify to "hibernate" a.k.a. "force stop" all apps.
Sometime with 5 to 10 "power button" presses I'm able to interupt "hibernation" and to close my call.
Please, add an option to DISSABLE hiberation during a CALL!!!
Somebody else having this problem?
Best regards to all developers!
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I use Greenify for a long time with donation package, beta tester also.
At the moment I'm using it on a non-rooted Samsung Note 5
I add most of the programs be "greenified" except a few important for me.
The BIG PROBLEM is that in most of the times when there is an ACTIVE CALL, Greenify strart "working" and I can not do aniting. The phone is "black" and I can not even close/finish the call, just waiting Greenify to "hibernate" a.k.a. "force stop" all apps.
Sometime with 5 to 10 "power button" presses I'm able to interupt "hibernation" and to close my call.
Please, add an option to DISSABLE hiberation during a CALL!!!
Somebody else having this problem?
Best regards to all developers!
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Have you greenified anything related to phone calls? Can you post a screenshot of what all you have greenified? Do you also use Amplify?
This is not the normal behaviour unless you greenified or limited something which you ought not have.
Nothing related to Call or Phone or other system realated apps are in Greenify list (178 apps).
Normal behaviour of Greenify is to start hibertatiing apps when screen goes off.
(In root or boost (xposed) mode this operation is very fast, it closes many apps at once.)
But in NON-root mode it use standart automated [Force close] dialog or every app, so it takes a second or two per app to close it.
When I make (or receive) a call, I put the phone near to my ear, the proximity sensor turns off the display.
After a while, Greenify starts hibernation process.
There is no problem with the CALL itself, it is not interrupted or disturbed and qualiry is excellent.
The problem is when I take off my phone from my head, proximity sensor "realesed" and display have to goes on (rise) again but this NOT happens.
At this moment Greenify closes apps one by one and screen is OFF.
Call conversation remains active and I can NOT hang up (close) my call.
No reaction if I press [Home] or [Power] buttons.
By pressing many times (5+) [Power] button I'm able to interupt the Greenify hibernation process, display goes on and I see the force close app's dialog.
Now I use drop down menu and press (red earphone icon) to hang up (close) my active call.
That's why I think that settings option in Greenify for "temporary disable of hibernation" during an active call will be very useful especialy for "non-root mode" users.
Do you think it is worth to add such option?
@ChoSmile
When you are on a call, it will hold a wakelock so that the screen going off doesn't affect it. The proximity sensor senses your face near it and switches off the screen. When the phone is held away from the face, the proximity sensor should sense it and switch on the screen. This is the normal behavior.
Greenify starting to hibernate the apps should not affect the proximity sensor sensing. Check the functioning of your proximity sensor because no one else seems to have reported this problem, as far as I know.
I don't think that Greenify hibernates apps during a call ie. while the screen is off during a call. Atleast for me, it doesn't.
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I use Greenify for a long time with donation package, beta tester also.
At the moment I'm using it on a non-rooted Samsung Note 5
I add most of the programs be "greenified" except a few important for me.
The BIG PROBLEM is that in most of the times when there is an ACTIVE CALL, Greenify strart "working" and I can not do aniting. The phone is "black" and I can not even close/finish the call, just waiting Greenify to "hibernate" a.k.a. "force stop" all apps.
Sometime with 5 to 10 "power button" presses I'm able to interupt "hibernation" and to close my call.
Please, add an option to DISSABLE hiberation during a CALL!!!
Somebody else having this problem?
Best regards to all developers!
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By any chance do you have aggressive doze enabled in greenify? I started having about the same issue, i would receive a call and screen would never wake up. I had done a lot of tweaks and wasn't sure what exactly what was causing this. So I did a fresh install and started a little bit at a time doing my tweaks and never got to install greenify yet. So far, phone has been working properly. So maybe this had something to do with aggressive doze or the fact that I had two apps setting aggressive doze, greenify and force doze.
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By any chance do you have aggressive doze enabled in greenify? I started having about the same issue, i would receive a call and screen would never wake up. I had done a lot of tweaks and wasn't sure what exactly what was causing this. So I did a fresh install and started a little bit at a time doing my tweaks and never got to install greenify yet. So far, phone has been working properly. So maybe this had something to do with aggressive doze or the fact that I had two apps setting aggressive doze, greenify and force doze.
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I disable Aggressive Doze (experimental) but issue happens again, might be no so offen like before I disabled it.
@tnsmani
Do you use Greenify on NON rooted device?
Because on rooted devices, you probably use it "Root" or "Boost" working mode where hiberanating is "at once" for many apps.
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I disable Aggressive Doze (experimental) but issue happens again, might be no so offen like before I disabled it.
@tnsmani
Do you use Greenify on NON rooted device?
Because on rooted devices, you probably use it "Root" or "Boost" working mode where hiberanating is "at once" for many apps.
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Normally I use Greenify in root/boost mode since my phone is rooted.
But to investigate your issue, I ran it in non-root mode (phone is still rooted). Still my screen behaves normally.
I have the same issues exactly non root greenify kicks in during calls and everything goes south. Any solution to disable greenify during calls
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Guys. Anyine found a solution here? This is a real issue for me. I am using non root and everytime a call starts, screen goes dark, greenify starts and doesn't capture the right screens probably but rather initiates clicks on the task bar on the top. This way I see the WiFi starting or Hotspot being disabled or data being turned off.
All I need is for greenify to not work during calls!
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Guys. Anyine found a solution here? This is a real issue for me. I am using non root and everytime a call starts, screen goes dark, greenify starts and doesn't capture the right screens probably but rather initiates clicks on the task bar on the top. This way I see the WiFi starting or Hotspot being disabled or data being turned off.
All I need is for greenify to not work during calls!
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Seems to be a persistent, unresolved issue on some non-rooted devices with stock ROMs. You'll probably have to abandon Greenify.
My worst issues with battery drain is when the phone is on and not off. Maube screen brightness. I don't know but it drains like crazy
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ofird said:
My worst issues with battery drain is when the phone is on and not off. Maube screen brightness. I don't know but it drains like crazy
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Your ROMs built in battery stats may (likely will) provide clues to that type of drain. For a more comprehensive assessment try GSAM which is a available in the Play Store. BBS can also help but it's a little more difficult to interpret IMHO. Good luck.
I'm using CM13 and new to using Greenify as I just bought the donation package but have some questions that I'm not sure about.
1. I have instant messaging apps (Whatsapp and WeChat) and games on my phone, when I finish using the app, I press the home button and have them running in the background, does that uses more battery or do I need to add the apps to the hibernation list?
2. Should I use hibernate or shallow hibernation as I switched from iPhone to OnePlus 3 and on the iPhone when I reopen the app, it will return to where I left it.
3. I have enabled aggressive doze so that it will go to sleep mode when the screen is off, will I get delay Whatsapp and Wechat messages or do I need to add it to the whitelist so notifications comes instantly when I receive them?
Many thanks!
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I'm using CM13 and new to using Greenify as I just bought the donation package but have some questions that I'm not sure about.
1. I have instant messaging apps (Whatsapp and WeChat) and games on my phone, when I finish using the app, I press the home button and have them running in the background, does that uses more battery or do I need to add the apps to the hibernation list?
2. Should I use hibernate or shallow hibernation as I switched from iPhone to OnePlus 3 and on the iPhone when I reopen the app, it will return to where I left it.
3. I have enabled aggressive doze so that it will go to sleep mode when the screen is off, will I get delay Whatsapp and Wechat messages or do I need to add it to the whitelist so notifications comes instantly when I receive them?
Many thanks!
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1. Any app which is not greenified will run in the background once it is opened and then dismissed by the Home button. As far as the IM apps are concerned, the advice of the Dev is not to greenify them if you rely on them. However, some people have successfully greenified those IM apps which use GCM without issues but some others complain of delayed notifications. So it may be better not to greenify them if you rely on them. Of course they will consume more battery since they are running in the background.
2. If you want iPhone like behaviour, use shallow hibernation. Otherwise, the apps will start afresh.
3. It is better to add such apps to the white list.
i could be wrong.... but i noticed that most of the times aggressive doze does NOT exted the real battery life...... maybe it COULD extend it if you do not touch the phone for long periods like 2...4 hours at time, but if you make a normal usage of the phone i suspect that activating and deactivating doze is DRAINING more battery than it tries to save!!!
.........any other though?
realista87 said:
i could be wrong.... but i noticed that most of the times aggressive doze does NOT exted the real battery life...... maybe it COULD extend it if you do not touch the phone for long periods like 2...4 hours at time, but if you make a normal usage of the phone i suspect that activating and deactivating doze is DRAINING more battery than it tries to save!!!
.........any other though?
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Similar observation on battery savings. In most cases any power related benefits of aggressive doze are wiped out when the device wakes from its comma and performs a bunch of 'catch up' tasks. Such behavior can lead to lag immediately after wake which is a common complaint associated with aggressive doze. That said, aggressive doze may have other situational benefits...especially over longer durations. As always YMMV.
yes, i think about a person who does pick up the phone just every 4...5 hour at day because it is not important (for him) to always check the latest messages, and in that condition it could be useful the aggressive doze.
i even noticed that to disable the movement sensors is NOT a great thing...... of course great if someone is in car or moving everytime but it has the CON of turning on/off the brightness sensor of the phone and at every display power on the phone lags for 1/2 seconds.
i must admit that in the last years i've always used aggressivedoze/ or naptime and greenified lots of apps but i should reconsider the fact to UNinstall all....... and see if the battery life is really worse or not.
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yes, i think about a person who does pick up the phone just every 4...5 hour at day because it is not important (for him) to always check the latest messages, and in that condition it could be useful the aggressive doze.
i even noticed that to disable the movement sensors is NOT a great thing...... of course great if someone is in car or moving everytime but it has the CON of turning on/off the brightness sensor of the phone and at every display power on the phone lags for 1/2 seconds.
i must admit that in the last years i've always used aggressivedoze/ or naptime and greenified lots of apps but i should reconsider the fact to UNinstall all....... and see if the battery life is really worse or not.
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The sensor issue is device specific. I enable 'doze on the go' on all my devices and have yet to encounter the brightness glitch. However, I don't use the more aggressive sensor suppressions available in some apps. Note 'doze on the go' is enabled by default w/Android 7+.
After experimenting with countless apps/tools/techniques (ugh) my Android power management methodology has evolved to a 'lite touch' minimalist approach. I only take overt action when a specific drain can not be contained by other means. Greenify is the tool of choice with only a few bad actors in the explicit hibernation list. Android defaults handle everything else. My devices sleep soundly, behave predictably and score admirably low drain rates. App selection obviously plays into that. Big pigs like Facebook, Google everything and WhatsApp are not part of my portfolio as lighter alternatives exist. Good luck with your own adventures.
With my Note 4, it would wake up from Android Doze, or simply not enter that state if there was movement of the phone. I felt stupid needing to pick up my phone every 10 min to give it a small shake, but at least it seemed to work. I keep my phone in my pocket when I'm working outside and that always kept the Note 4 from falling into Doze mode. Not so with the S9+. It drops into Doze even in my pocket. Anyway to stop that from happening? Like others here, I feel frustrated needing to activate my screen to find out if there are notifications.
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With my Note 4, it would wake up from Android Doze, or simply not enter that state if there was movement of the phone. I felt stupid needing to pick up my phone every 10 min to give it a small shake, but at least it seemed to work. I keep my phone in my pocket when I'm working outside and that always kept the Note 4 from falling into Doze mode. Not so with the S9+. It drops into Doze even in my pocket. Anyway to stop that from happening? Like others here, I feel frustrated needing to activate my screen to find out if there are notifications.
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That's not Doze mode. Doze is when Android puts apps to sleep that are in memory not being used. This is done to save battery (and processing time?).
So what is happening here, if I understand, is that your phone display is going blank when you pull it from your pocket?
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That's not Doze mode. Doze is when Android puts apps to sleep that are in memory not being used. This is done to save battery (and processing time?).
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Doze was originally described as putting your phone into a power saving sleep mode after 20 min of "inactivity". The issue that caused me problems back then was not about the apps, but that notifications pushed to the device were queued up by the system until your phone "woke up", then the notifications would come rolling through. This happened at the system level regardless of app.
Perhaps in the latest version of Android they have changed the definition of Doze, but another poster was having a lot of issues with notifications (mostly email) and the culprit was deemed to be Doze.
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So what is happening here, if I understand, is that your phone display is going blank when you pull it from your pocket?
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No. My display is blank (as it should be) when I put it into my pocket, as well as when I pull it out. I always shut the screen off before putting my phone down, or in my pocket.
If I put my phone in my pocket, and 5-10 min later I get a notification, it comes through loud and clear and I pull my phone out and check it. If 20+ min has gone by without me having a reason to turn the screen on, then I stop getting notifications. When I pull it out to check the time or send a message, suddenly the notifications come rolling through.
Again, I was used to this if the Note 4 was put down, but this behavior is new to me if the phone is moving about.
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Doze was originally described as putting your phone into a power saving sleep mode after 20 min of "inactivity". The issue that caused me problems back then was not about the apps, but that notifications pushed to the device were queued up by the system until your phone "woke up", then the notifications would come rolling through. This happened at the system level regardless of app.
Perhaps in the latest version of Android they have changed the definition of Doze, but another poster was having a lot of issues with notifications (mostly email) and the culprit was deemed to be Doze.
No. My display is blank (as it should be) when I put it into my pocket, as well as when I pull it out. I always shut the screen off before putting my phone down, or in my pocket.
If I put my phone in my pocket, and 5-10 min later I get a notification, it comes through loud and clear and I pull my phone out and check it. If 20+ min has gone by without me having a reason to turn the screen on, then I stop getting notifications. When I pull it out to check the time or send a message, suddenly the notifications come rolling through.
Again, I was used to this if the Note 4 was put down, but this behavior is new to me if the phone is moving about.
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I concur. Same happens to me.
I don't have this issue at all. I have my phone in my pocket most of the day and don't need to "wake" the phone up for notifications. I can leave my phone unattended for hour or 3 and it still receives the notifications without issues. I don't know if I have turned on a setting that mine works different, but I must say that my battery life isn't that great....as if the phone never sleeps/doze at all
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I don't have this issue at all. I have my phone in my pocket most of the day and don't need to "wake" the phone up for notifications. I can leave my phone unattended for hour or 3 and it still receives the notifications without issues. I don't know if I have turned on a setting that mine works different, but I must say that my battery life isn't that great....as if the phone never sleeps/doze at all
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I'm curious. Do you have any of the power saving modes turned on? Do you use "always on display"?
I never use the power save modes. Aod is on from 5 in the morning till 8 at night
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I never use the power save modes. Aod is on from 5 in the morning till 8 at night
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AoD could be keeping your phone awake, preventing Doze. The power saving features talks about putting apps to sleep, so unless you use them, that could also be disabling Doze. I could try changing the power saving settings, though it seems like a shame. I have zero interesting in AoD for multiple reasons, so it's not worth it for me to use that to solve my problems.
Thanks for the information!
Doze changed in Nougat, I believe, so that motion no longer prevented Doze from working. Since most men, at least, carry their phone in their pocket Doze hardly ever kicked in, greatly limiting its power saving capability.
You can exempt specific apps from Doze if you want to get notifications from them even when dozing.
Settings / Apps / 3 dot menu / special access / Optimize battery usage. Select All Apps from the drop down. Turn off the toggle for any apps you don't want to Doze.
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Doze was originally described as putting your phone into a power saving sleep mode after 20 min of "inactivity". The issue that caused me problems back then was not about the apps, but that notifications pushed to the device were queued up by the system until your phone "woke up", then the notifications would come rolling through. This happened at the system level regardless of app.
Perhaps in the latest version of Android they have changed the definition of Doze, but another poster was having a lot of issues with notifications (mostly email) and the culprit was deemed to be Doze.
No. My display is blank (as it should be) when I put it into my pocket, as well as when I pull it out. I always shut the screen off before putting my phone down, or in my pocket.
If I put my phone in my pocket, and 5-10 min later I get a notification, it comes through loud and clear and I pull my phone out and check it. If 20+ min has gone by without me having a reason to turn the screen on, then I stop getting notifications. When I pull it out to check the time or send a message, suddenly the notifications come rolling through.
Again, I was used to this if the Note 4 was put down, but this behavior is new to me if the phone is moving about.
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Yes, I am confusing Doze with the Samsung power saving options. Blah!
I know the battery life will decrease with aod, but I have noticed that even without aod on my battery drop 2% per hour, so I leave it on...There are days that I can go 1 day and 8 hours before charging, but then my sot is only 2 hours....In general I'm happy with the battery life
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You can exempt specific apps from Doze if you want to get notifications from them even when dozing.
Settings / Apps / 3 dot menu / special access / Optimize battery usage. Select All Apps from the drop down. Turn off the toggle for any apps you don't want to Doze.
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Thanks!
It seems oddly redundant needing to do essentially the same thing in two places. One well advertised under the battery settings, and the other one hidden under settings/apps/special access.
Hopefully this will fix my problems. Glad to know there is a work around.
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Thanks!
It seems oddly redundant needing to do essentially the same thing in two places. One well advertised under the battery settings, and the other one hidden under settings/apps/special access.
Hopefully this will fix my problems. Glad to know there is a work around.
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The two settings really are doing different things. Samsung's (in the battery settings), puts apps to sleep after 3 to 7 days (depending on your settings). The won't wake up again until you use them. Doze (the pretty much hidden option in Apps), lets the apps wake up on their own, when you start using the phone, even if you don't access those particular apps.
I'm not sure why the Doze setup is buried so deep in settings, though. I guess Google (or Samsung?) really doesn't want you interfering with it.
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The two settings really are doing different things. Samsung's (in the battery settings), puts apps to sleep after 3 to 7 days (depending on your settings). The won't wake up again until you use them.
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I made a mistake of putting an app to sleep that I use to keep my screen awake. It uses a widget to toggle it on/off, but will shut off along with the screen if you intentionally shut your screen off. After putting that app to sleep, the widget stopped working. I had to go find the actual app, start it, then quickly flip back to my home screen and click on the widget. I couldn't undo my "sleep" action on that app. I changed it to "unmonitored", so that the S9+ would never put it to sleep. I rebooted. I shut off the power saving options. Nothing worked. Everytime I would go to the widget (unless I just started the actual app), it wouldn't react to clicking on the widget.
I finally gave up and uninstalled the app from my phone. Rebooted. Reinstalled it and now it works fine. So I'm not sure I agree with "puts the app to sleep in 3 to 7 days". Maybe 3-7 minutes...
Well, 3 to 7 days is what Samsung says, and the optional range you can set in the app. Don't know what specifically happened with that widget, though.
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Well, 3 to 7 days is what Samsung says, and the optional range you can set in the app. Don't know what specifically happened with that widget, though.
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Where is the setting(s) for optimal range? I don't remember specifying that. I thought it was more of an on/off thing. White listed (unmonitored resource consumption) or black listed (never let it run in the background). Then apps in neither list it reports to you and you can force them to sleep or not.
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Where is the setting(s) for optimal range? I don't remember specifying that. I thought it was more of an on/off thing. White listed (unmonitored resource consumption) or black listed (never let it run in the background). Then apps in neither list it reports to you and you can force them to sleep or not.
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Samsung does bury things....
Settings / Device maintenance, click Battery at the bottom.
Then click the 3 dot menu at the top, and Advanced Settings.
Tap App power monitor (the text, not the toggle).
Tap Put unused apps to sleep (again, the text).
You can set the slider anywhere between 3 days and 7.
I spent several days just wandering through every settings option I could find after I setup the phone. Discovered all kinds of hidden things. Sometimes I can even remember where I saw them.