To those of you who are getting over a day of battery life, do any of you have Google maps latitude location reporting on ?
My phone has been unplugged for about 45 mins and maps is already on top of the list of wake lock detector.
I have it off and am getting about a day under fairly heavy use.
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I have the basic Location services on but GPS off obviously and i have maps frozen untill i need it (Maps is NUTS with wakelocks) and background data off along with everything else that shows up under data usage. All background off but email, hangouts, google services, play store, weather, gmail, or anything else i need for alerts i need to get. So all music, youtube, es file ex, goo manager, dropbox, has all background data off.
I also only use Air call-accept and quick glance as my only air, motion or smart screen options on. I'm getting 5+ hours of screen time on. I hope telling you what i do helps if your trying to get better battery life.
Turned it off from reporting. Wonder how i can add it to the greenify app list. Might have to convert to user app
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I noticed some horrible battery life (about less than 9 hours) on my phone, and suspected that Motoblur had something to do with it. 4G, bt, wifi, and gps were not on the entire day.
I did a quick search and saw people complaining that the Social Networking app can be a battery drainer. Have you guys noticed anything?
I set it to one hour sync for now (instead of the default - push), and we'll see how it goes tomorrow. But if that's the case, do you know if I can remove those accounts completely, but still have Facebook and Twitter account information linked to the contacts with their own apps?
9 hours is honestly ok
You can remove any accounts you want and the phone will function fine. My phone lasts like 12 hours with medium use and 6 and a half with heavy usage.
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Not really, i constantly check my battery usage and Social Networking has always stayed low on the list. I also have mine set to 1 hour update increments. I was interested in removing all motoblur parts but was disappointed to find that androids Facebook app does 'not' sync pictures to contacts and such and doesnt contain an option. If there is a way to do this, i'd like to know as well. What you can do if your rooted is allow moto's social networking to tag all of your contacts with pictures, then backup your contacts with Titanium. At that point you can remove you accounts, restore through Titanium and have your pictures on your contacts with your facebook account unlinked. Granted, this obviously wont work for new friends you would acquire.
I would just put up with it till someone releases a rom with stock android if you really dislike motoblur. Hopefully that will happen soon, as that seems to be what most people are wanting.
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.
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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.
In general this is a well-documented problem, but it hit my DNA only after the most recent OTA. I am surprised no one brought this up here.
If you enable Google Location Services in settings, Google Services will proceed to initiate hundreds of wake locks and turn the GPS on for something like 15 minutes per day, resulting in much downgraded battery life. It will do it regardless of whether you use Google Now or anything else for that matter. Basically it appears Google has decided to keep track of the phone's location on a minute by minute basis as a default option.
The way to turn this off is to disable Google Location Services under Settings - Location and by setting to "off" Google apps location access in Settings - Accounts & Sync - Google - Location Settings. As far as I know this also kills Google Now and your location in Google Maps.
However, to use Google Maps only occasionally, I am not willing to pay the price of a permanently crappy battery life and be subject of so much spying.
If you are rooted there is a way to turn the location services on automatically with Tasker when you run Maps. I am on un-rooted stock, so that doesn't work for me. Another option is to use MapQuest or any other third party maps app.
Any other ideas / suggestions are welcome.
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When checking the apps that use up the batttery, look at Google services and the apps that call it. Then go one by one and clear data and cache for each app then reboot.
Google services went from the 2nd most battery draining item (just after screen) to nearly the bottom.
Hey guys, i just bought poco f1 this week and im really satisfied with it. The battery life if awesome. But the battery drain during my sleep time bothers me. How to stop apps from running in the background while my phone is asleep.
I already go to battery saver settings and put all apps to >restrict background activity (apps will be closed to save power) except whatsapp, telegram, instagram and twitter. But for some reason, i still got a facebook notifications eventhough i never open the app and i already restrict background activity on facebook. Why?
I think thats the reason why battery drained by 10-15% in 7 hours is because of facebook running in the background for some reason. Any suggestions?
Hi, anyone knows why is the google play services on my device running in background like crazy?
It drained a lot of battery, i left my phone watching movies for 2 hours and it drained almost 4% doing nothing
Google Play Sevices is not a singular service or app. It is a package of processes that always run in the background, pinging Google services to sync data, track location, etc. So even when your phone is sleeping, Google Play Services are running and consuming battery. Furthermore, *something* has to be at the top of the battery usage chart, even when the phone is doing nothing. So when the phone idle, Google Play Services will move to the top of that list by default. In other words, just because Google Play Services is the #1 consumer of battery doesn't necessarily mean the battery drain is excessive or abnormal.
If you are convinced Google Play Services battery drain is excessive, there are Magisk modules that allow Google Play Services to be battery "optimized" but this requires root.
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Google Play Sevices is not a singular service or app. It is a package of processes that always run in the background, pinging Google services to sync data, track location, etc. So even when your phone is sleeping, Google Play Services are running and consuming battery. Furthermore, *something* has to be at the top of the battery usage chart, even when the phone is doing nothing. So when the phone idle, Google Play Services will move to the top of that list by default. In other words, just because Google Play Services is the #1 consumer of battery doesn't necessarily mean the battery drain is excessive or abnormal
If you are convinced Google Play Services battery drain is excessive, there are Magisk modules that allow Google Play Services to be battery "optimized" but this requires root.
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But is it normal for the google play services to run in the background for 15 hours in a day? Do you know any other solutions that does mot require root?
Short answer:
1. Yes
2. No
Long answer:
1. Google Play Services (GPSvc) are an integral part of Android. GPSvc link all the Google apps and services on your phone. There is no way to completely disable GPSvc without crippling those Google apps and services. GPSvc allow Gmail to notify you of incoming email, YouTube notifications, Google Maps navigation and traffic info, Play Store and system firmware updates, etc. Just about everything you do on an Android device is tied to GPSvc in some way. So yes, GPSvc will always run in the background so long as your phone is powered on (unless you disabled/uninstalled GPSvc, or flashed a custom ROM like LineageOS that has no GPSvc components to begin with).
2. GPSvc are system files, which means they cannot be modified by the user without root access. This is also why GPSvc normally cannot be battery "optimized" in the device power settings. The Magisk modules allow GPSvc to be whitelisted and added to the list of battery "optimized" apps.