I'm running Nougat on a BV8000 (huge regret), and I was using data saver today because i was roaming in the US. My Canadian carrier gives me 1 GB of US data per month. I have a work profile on the phone.
While we were in the US, Android OS consumed 500 MB of data. The only apps that were granted unrestricted access were:
Personal profile
Calendar
Find my device
Google fit
Gmail
Google search
Google Calendar Sync
Google Play Services
Hangouts
IFTTT
Keep notes
Android Messages
Facebook messenger
Tile
Toodledo
Whatsapp
Work Profile
Gmail
Google search
Hangouts
Keep notes
TextNow
Google Play Services
Whatsapp Business
When I first noticed the problem, after the first 200 MB or so, I also enabled datally and blocked access to Android OS. Despite this, the number kept going up. When I click on Android OS under App data usage, I get a list of about 20 apps whose usage are included under Android OS usage. I went through those apps individually under the "Apps" menu in settings and each had the same data usage, a few hundred kb - not remotely enough to add up to 500 MB.
I've captured bug reports (with bug cache set to 16 mb), but I don't know what I'm looking for or if it is even in there. Do Android bug reports include information about which apps were sending/receiving data? If not, is there something else I can do on an unrooted (root not an option) phone to capture either which apps are sending/receiving despite data saver, or what IP addresses are being accessed so I can try to trace back? I also have screenshots of the list of apps included under "Android OS" if that would be helpful.
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Hi Everyone,
I got this phone as soon as it was released in New Zealand. The phone is great however I'm finding very high data usage.
Today for example I used over 100mb of data from about 12pm lunchtime. I'm wondering how I can change how often gmail and other applications will because I've gone through the gmail menu but it doesn't specify a time period for sync and I dont want to be using over 100mb per day for data.
On my old Galaxy S I was only using 100mb for the whole month, and I haven't got any extra applications that I know of running for update, just the default weather app, gmail, and my calendar widget.
Any help is appreciated.
Have you checked the built in data monitor
Menu > setting > data
It shows you exactly per app how much data has been used and if this was background (updates) or foreground (when you opened the app).
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Go to settings->data usage and see which apps use the most data.
you can also turn off mobile data by pulling down the notification bar at the top of the screen and tapping the mobile data icon on/off
Go to data usage, you'll probable see gallery is the culpritpen it and check the box that limits it to syncing on wi-fi only or it'll sync all your Facebook albums. To stop it doing this completely, remove Facebook for Sync account.
Second, if you don't use google+, uncheck the google photos, google+ etc options under your gmail and that'll get rid of the Picasa gallery too.
Just with regard to the build in data usage monitor how accurate is it?
The reason i ask is because every single app ive ever used has not been accurate, some have been better than others but not one of them has ever been 100% accurate, the best one ive come across and it's free is the one which is part of the superb ZD Box app.
jonny68 said:
Just with regard to the build in data usage monitor how accurate is it?
The reason i ask is because every single app ive ever used has not been accurate, some have been better than others but not one of them has ever been 100% accurate, the best one ive come across and it's free is the one which is part of the superb ZD Box app.
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It is very accurate, however it does come with the usual disclaimer saying that networks may monitor and bill differently.
Hi,
is it completely safe to greenify apps with the cloud icon? According to the documentation GCM-supported apps can be waken up even greenified, but I encounter problems with some of these break functionality
Pushbullet - tho greenified it can still accept pushes it loses notification mirroring and moreover uncouples from Google's account spontaneously. Accounts sync entry is lost as well
Viber - Accounts sync entry lost over OS restarts
Telegram - ditto.
Whatsapp - ditto.
Any other issued problems with greenifying GCM-enabled apps?
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Hello there..
Got the Lenovo A806, and i installed the VIBEUI_V2.0_1501_7.80.1_DEV_A806 ROM and it's Android version 4.4.2 .. yesterday i saw the synce on any account, include Google, is off [with this gray circle and text saying Sync is OFF] and i can only sync it manually by tap, since then i tried many things from online and by trying many phone options for many hours, but the Auto sync is still off and woun't come back..
I did saw many places when they say it's under data usage manu, enabling "Auto sync" option there, but checking thoroughly in my manus i didn't find anything speaking on Sync options, besides SHAREit or SYNCit built in apps which has someoptions but it has nothing to do with, also with many built in apps, theres' this green Security app which is very "control freak" and is all over the place, and it has data usage monitoring thing, so from remembering all the data usage references from the web, along with the fact the Auto Sync stopped from a week ago [So i saw last sync for all accounts was May 28], which is the date i remember i was almost finished all my operator data usage of 3GB, and that Security app gave me a notification and sort of Red Alert about me going to exceeding the limit, so from that i was thinking that it [the Security app] was blocing to auto sync option for reduce data usage or something like that, so i tried to unlock frozen apps and tried to clean it's catch and data from "apps", also playing with the data saver options, same to data "firewall apps", and there's no reset or restore to defaults option, so i think tried everything..
Can someone help please? any ideas why it doesn't Auto Sync any account? include Waze Hotmail an Corporate..
It's very important to me to have it autoSync as for everybody i guess so please someone to help, it will be very much appreciated!
Thanks and have a great day!
Hello and thanks for taking time to read my thread. I'm posting because under my Google account in system settings, I see many sync options which are redundant, exact duplicates, or completely vague. I'm hoping someone knows some more about any of these and why there are duplicates.
I've tried searching Google and XDA, but there just seems to be no info on this. Only thing I found was another thread from a year ago asking about some different options under Google account sync settings, but the thread never reached an answer.
The individual settings I have are below and I've noted the ones which I don't understand. Any help or tips in the right direction for getting clarity on this will be greatly appreciated!
App Data
[*]Calendar
Chrome — I assume this syncs recent/open tabs and history from Chrome running on my PCs, but...
ChromeSync — then how does this differ from "Chrome"?
Contacts
Credentials State — ????
Game Data
[*]Game Data — Why are there two of these? And does anyone know what data it actually syncs? Scores, achievements? Will Play Games still integrate the same way with the few games I play if I turn these off?
Gmail
[*]Google Fit data
Google Opinion Rewards —This was already off, but I still get notifications for new surveys. So what is this even for?
Google Play Music
Google Play services —
Google Play services —
Google Play services — Holy hell, why must there be three of these completely nondescriptive entries?? My best guess is that these are some catchalls that Google threw in because either A) they are lazy or B) they wanted to lump some things together so you couldn't disable certain things you might find intrusive or unnecessary without breaking something else you actually do want which is bundled into these entries.
Google+
Google+ Photos
Google+ Uploads — What uploads are there other than photos?
Keep
Location Reporting and Location history — How does this differ from the location history setting in the "Google Settings" app? I can turn either one off and the other stays on, so they seem to be independent settings.
Offline credentials sync — I can't seem to figure out what offline credentials are used for in Android or whether I actually utilize them. Is there any way to know?
People details — Another confusing one. I would assume this had to do with contacts if there wasn't a separate entry for that. Anyone have a clue what this is?
Push subscriptions — AFAIK, I don't have any subscriptions via my Google account, but I assume this will break some important notifications of some sort. Anyone know?
Reminders
Hate to bump my own thread, but maybe someone online at this time might know something.
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I'm curious as well
It's probably because you guys have the 'Reveal Hidden Sync' feature in Greenify enabled like I have.
It's not a bad thing really, probably Google's way of syncing account data. Multiple Play Service sync for different data, Credential for payment methods stored in your account (nothing unsafe if you have 2F enabled), Push subscriptions because there are many apps that use GCM push etc. It's really nothing to worry about.
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It's probably because you guys have the 'Reveal Hidden Sync' feature in Greenify enabled like I have.
It's not a bad thing really, probably Google's way of syncing account data. Multiple Play Service sync for different data, Credential for payment methods stored in your account (nothing unsafe if you have 2F enabled), Push subscriptions because there are many apps that use GCM push etc. It's really nothing to worry about.
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Haha. Yeah, thanks. I had figured that out some time after posting this thread, but never updated here since it looked like no one else cared anyway
I suppose the differentiation between the duplicates is really only relevant in the code or the syncing process itself and not so relevant to the user. I do still have "People details" and the Opinion Rewards (which doesn't seem to affect the app receiving new surveys) when the Greenify option is turned off, so I still really wonder what those are for.
Goodmorning everyone,
I have been desperately trying to be reminded by the phone about the reminders I enter on google calendar.
I tried everything (I've been looking for months on the internet, I do tests ...):
ignored optimizations for google processes
verified and activated all notifications (both in the google app and in the android system)
activated / deactivated gps
verified and set all permissions for google processes
I do not have any energy-saving or process-killing apps
follow any guide / advice on the web
a thousand other things!
Unfortunately, only the reminders are not notified, while the events of google calendar and any other type of notification (twitter, facebook, whatsapp) is instantaneous.
It rarely happens that some reminder arrives, but usually only immediately after restarting the terminal.
Solutions that are not installing third-party apps?
Thanks in advance!
dottord8 said:
Goodmorning everyone,
I have been desperately trying to be reminded by the phone about the reminders I enter on google calendar.
I tried everything (I've been looking for months on the internet, I do tests ...):
ignored optimizations for google processes
verified and activated all notifications (both in the google app and in the android system)
activated / deactivated gps
verified and set all permissions for google processes
I do not have any energy-saving or process-killing apps
follow any guide / advice on the web
a thousand other things!
Unfortunately, only the reminders are not notified, while the events of google calendar and any other type of notification (twitter, facebook, whatsapp) is instantaneous.
It rarely happens that some reminder arrives, but usually only immediately after restarting the terminal.
Solutions that are not installing third-party apps?
Thanks in advance!
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I solved!
After hours and hours of desperate research I understood how to solve:
1) connect to google calendar desktop (from PC better)
2) in the "my calendars" section, click on the three activity points and select "switch to reminder"
3) ENJOY!