Hi all
I have been a user of greenify for a long time. However, I recently noticed something weird. Although the developer says he does not collect information, it seems otherwise. I first noticed it 2 days back on 5th Feb that its using a lot of background data. So I even opted out from the anonymous collection of information. But still I see that its constantly draining a lot of data in background.
As you can see from the uploaded image its using 148MB from Jan 28 to today (Feb 7) . I'm asking the developer to answer why so much data usage and what data is he collecting.
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Hi all
I have been a user of greenify for a long time. However, I recently noticed something weird. Although the developer says he does not collect information, it seems otherwise. I first noticed it 2 days back on 5th Feb that its using a lot of background data. So I even opted out from the anonymous collection of information. But still I see that its constantly draining a lot of data in background.
As you can see from the uploaded image its using 148MB from Jan 28 to today (Feb 7) . I'm asking the developer to answer why so much data usage and what data is he collecting.
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While I have disabled background data now, but I would like to get an answer. To all other users please have a look at your data usage by greenify too.
@oasisfeng please respond to this.
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That's interesting. I just checked, and greenify isn't using any data.
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While I have disabled background data now, but I would like to get an answer. To all other users please have a look at your data usage by greenify too.
@oasisfeng please respond to this.
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You seem to be having a freak issue. I am also using Greenify for a long time. On checking now, I see that it consumed 74.88kb in foreground data and 831kb in background data from 12th Jan till date. This should be due to checking with Playstore on the donation package status.
Uninstall and reinstall Greenify after clearing data and recheck consumption before starting to demand explanations.
Just to confirm that I also have very low data usage, less then 850KB for the last month total.
While I myself hate to be in a position to doubt the developer, u can see from the attached image why m I freaking out. I'm on unrooted device with accessibility turned on. So u can imagine my worries. Secondly this is only my data, I checked my WiFi usage as well. There also it has used 48mb in background. I have already restricted background usage so no need to uninstall for me. But as a user, I need to know what's with so much data.
Secondly, don't tell me that uninstalling will solve the issue. I, myself a developer ( not a noob) , know very well, if there is a bug then no matter how many times you install uninstall, won't make a change.
FYI I'm using the free version(non donation) package.
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What I don't get as well, why would it need a permission to find accounts on device.
Something to ponder upon don't you think?
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What I don't get as well, why would it need a permission to find accounts on device.
Something to ponder upon don't you think?
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For checking if the account has donation package maybe?
This is not the data sneaking you are looking for....
Greenify is only using negligible data (4.7 kb) and (4.75 kb) on WiFi between Jan 27 and today, Feb 9, so nothing to report here.
.....move along, move along.
Same here, 48 kb between 12 Jan - 9 feb. I can't see any pattern in your favor.
Mine is only 13.28kb since 14th January 2015
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What I don't get as well, why would it need a permission to find accounts on device.
Something to ponder upon don't you think?
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Sorry, It's required by any app with licence verification of Google Play.
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dekanayanjyoti said:
Hi all
I have been a user of greenify for a long time. However, I recently noticed something weird. Although the developer says he does not collect information, it seems otherwise. I first noticed it 2 days back on 5th Feb that its using a lot of background data. So I even opted out from the anonymous collection of information. But still I see that its constantly draining a lot of data in background.
As you can see from the uploaded image its using 148MB from Jan 28 to today (Feb 7) . I'm asking the developer to answer why so much data usage and what data is he collecting.
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I'm afraid it should be a rare issue, as seen by other developers with the integration of Google Analytics SDK with their apps. The team behind Google Analytics still haven't investigated this issue out.
The only part involves background data usage is this Google Analytics SDK and it should be completely turned off if you opt-out in the About dialog.
The SDK is closed-source, so I could hardly analyze this issue. At present, please use the background data usage blacklist before I could find the clue on that.
Very sorry for that, buddy.
@op, it must be a bug.. Just reinstall the app. @others without Internet the app can't check if you have donation version everything you open greenify app.
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Same issue.. Is it sneaking?
Hi,
I just noticed, Greenify consumed almost 1.41GB in a span of two to three weeks.
I have attached data usage screenshot... I don't have any idea about the data it used. Is greenify sneaking data.
Joyal
Did you read all the previous replies?
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Its been a few months now that i have been noticing that my facebook app is using around 75% of my data plan capacity.
for starters i have 250mb every month as free data plan. it never used to happen initially but suddenly since feb/march my fb app has started using up data plan so much that within 4 days it would have used up 75 % of data plan!!!
after uninstalling fb from my phone, i checked data usage for 2 months and lo and behold it never went more than 75%!!
i have switched off all the app syncs through the phone settings menu and also the app settings menu and still this happens!!!
the second most data usage app is the Android OS Services...
any ideas guys????
A few things:
-How often does your Facebook refresh it's news feed?
-Does this happen when you're signed out of the app?
-Try installing Onavo, you can limit the app's usage from there if you don't manage to solve the problem
-Did you update the Facebook app around that time? If so, try installing an older version of the Facebook app and see if the issue goes away.
@RootTurtles: answer to your questions
1. i have set the app to never refresh.
2. i have never tried that.
3. I forgot to add that I also use onavo ever since i notice the quick depletion of my monthly data cap. i have set restrict to wifi on almost all programs including fb, viber and plenty of other apps. Out of all these fb will continue data transfers even on my network.
4. the fb app is the latest version. how and from where will i get previous versions of fb???
I've attached version 1.8.2 of the app, give that a try.
Do you have any Facebook related widgets on your device?
i still have the same problem after installing fb version 1.8.2.... first i tried with the app signed in!!! the same thing happens...then i tried by signing out of the app...still the same......too much data usage!!!!! oh and i forgot to add that the fb app causes my battery to discharge very quickly....so in other words......the title should read...."facebook app causes extreme data usage and extreme data discharge!!!"
after that i un-installed the fb app everything is back to normal!!!! no extreme data usage or battery discharge!!!
If you havent already done so...try the following..
- In the phone setiings .. go to Data usage..select the facebook in the listed app..click the restrict background data box
- In the phone settings..got to accounts and syn...set it to..Off
- In the latest FB official app...go to settings..change the refresh interval to ..Never
@woodstock i have tried all what you said but still fb uses data......i have uninstalled it now...only thing i don't understand is your first point
"In the phone setiings .. go to Data usage..select the facebook in the listed app..click the restrict background data box"
i don't have that option. i'm running gingerbread 2.3.5 I9100XXKI4 with kernel [email protected]#2
That option is in ICS.. It stops selected apps from using data in the background.. Just what you need
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any other suggestions????? anyone anybody somethin anything i want to use fb on my phone but the minute it is installed data usage goes thru the rooooooooffffffff!!!!!
Any solution for this??
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Any solution for this??
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u can try 'Friend Caster' as an alternative to FB and see
Any solution that dosen't involve friendcaster?
Yes, don't use FB nor FC.
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facebook 25 GB background data in 10 days
Hi all
i have bougt The new THL 5000 mobile phone and changed the factory rom with dimid v3 Rom. I played around and one month later, i receive the incredible invoice from the Provider: the shocking amount of CHF 3000.-, about 3200 US$ for 25GB data traffic is wanted from me. I cant beleve how this could happen. The included traffic Limit in my contract is 500MB only. This means, that 1GB costs 100 Swiss Francs.
The screenshot 1 Shows, that Facebook has caused the large traffic. Screenshot 2 Shows that there is Zero foreground traffic, all Background traffic. This shows, that not i initiated the download, the Facebook-app startet from itself. I also wonder, what the hell did they download to my phone, or even worse, what did they upload?
I immediately uninstalled the app.
Problem:
The provider is not willing to reduce the invoice, because he sent me 3 SMS to warn me. In fact i did not interest my much, because i was not realizing, that a down-or upload is ongoing right now.
What shall i do? it must be a faulty Facebook app, which caused this traffic. In my opinion Facebook must pay this invoice. I could not find a Facebook customer or complaint helpline. Does anybody know how this is possible, or where i can get help? Please help!
Thanks
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Kukuk69 said:
Hi all
i have bougt The new THL 5000 mobile phone and changed the factory rom with dimid v3 Rom. I played around and one month later, i receive the incredible invoice from the Provider: the shocking amount of CHF 3000.-, about 3200 US$ for 25GB data traffic is wanted from me. I cant beleve how this could happen. The included traffic Limit in my contract is 500MB only. This means, that 1GB costs 100 Swiss Francs.
The screenshot 1 Shows, that Facebook has caused the large traffic. Screenshot 2 Shows that there is Zero foreground traffic, all Background traffic. This shows, that not i initiated the download, the Facebook-app startet from itself. I also wonder, what the hell did they download to my phone, or even worse, what did they upload?
I immediately uninstalled the app.
Problem:
The provider is not willing to reduce the invoice, because he sent me 3 SMS to warn me. In fact i did not interest my much, because i was not realizing, that a down-or upload is ongoing right now.
What shall i do? it must be a faulty Facebook app, which caused this traffic. In my opinion Facebook must pay this invoice. I could not find a Facebook customer or complaint helpline. Does anybody know how this is possible, or where i can get help? Please help!
Thanks
Kukuk69
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Definitely the Facebook app problem. You could sue them if you want but I doubt it will work. Perhaps all you can do is leave feedback: https://m.facebook.com/help/344911968960524?refid=69
Sorry with your what you have to deal with.
Hello, I'm new to the OS and I've noticed that while my screen has only been on for 40 minutes it looks like my phones been awake for 3 hours. I'm assuming this means I have a wakelock issue. Whats the best way to identify/stop these?
If it is there's wakelock finding apps. Better battery stats works. It may be the stock governer or something is causing some nasty battery drain.
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im impressed that some one new to android even knows what a wakelock is.
I second using BBS to identify the wakelock. Also, go into account settings - google account and turn off sync for all of the services you dont use or need to auto sync. Music and currents are known culprits.
if you are rooted... get an app called greenify. it suspends background activity while the screen is off for apps that you chose to greenify. It makes apps perform like an iphone app would. The beauty is that you get to chose which apps you want to run in the background and which you do not.
hope that helps.
Using the app Autostarts will allow you to disable many background processes that usually cause wakelocks. Find out what is the problem with better battery stats, and then disable most of the "events" triggered by that app. Most of the time it's Maps-related, and disabling the autostarts for Maps will help. Turn off location history to save even more battery life.
thank you both that helps quite a bit
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im impressed that some one new to android even knows what a wakelock is.
I second using BBS to identify the wakelock. Also, go into account settings - google account and turn off sync for all of the services you dont use or need to auto sync. Music and currents are known culprits.
if you are rooted... get an app called greenify. it suspends background activity while the screen is off for apps that you chose to greenify. It makes apps perform like an iphone app would. The beauty is that you get to chose which apps you want to run in the background and which you do not.
hope that helps.
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i just installed greenify and suspended 3 apps then my phone restarted 2 mins later
what do you guys think of the facebook app? I didn't greenify it because i like the notifications. Do you guys think it drains that much battery? I don't have anything else running in the background.
Thanks
Dreadsteel said:
what do you guys think of the facebook app? I didn't greenify it because i like the notifications. Do you guys think it drains that much battery? I don't have anything else running in the background.
Thanks
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Greenify it lol
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cachookaman said:
i just installed greenify and suspended 3 apps then my phone restarted 2 mins later
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What apps did you greenify. Been running greenify for the past 12 hours no reboots.
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i think the HTC stock rom can show you which apps ate your battery. Settings -> power -> Usage
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I would also suggest nova battery monitor!
maybe you should contact with HTC official service to repair this problem.
Kennedya12 said:
Hello, I'm new to the OS and I've noticed that while my screen has only been on for 40 minutes it looks like my phones been awake for 3 hours. I'm assuming this means I have a wakelock issue. Whats the best way to identify/stop these?
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If you have some extra change laying around... buy the Greenify donate version. SO worth it, you will thank me later for recommending that!
Dreadsteel said:
what do you guys think of the facebook app? I didn't greenify it because i like the notifications. Do you guys think it drains that much battery? I don't have anything else running in the background.
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If you have the donate version of greenify, it will receive GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) notifications and allow these to display. I greenify my facebook and still get plenty of notifications from Facebook.
Hello,
I am getting really frustrated with unusually high data usage with AndroidOS and Google services.All started 30-45 days ago when data usage went for mentiond services from 1-2MB in a week to 15-20MB a day!!!
Since that started I tried with factory reset (few of them) on stock rom and since that did not helped, I installed Cyanogen 10.1.3 over stock rom, but thing simply persist.
My monthly plan is 200MB which is quite enough for my needs, but with this issue going on not enough at all...If it matter phone is LG optimus 4x.
I have searched Google, but did not found solution for my case.​
I have only book reader, firefox and es file explorer installed apart from applications that came with Android.
I only sync gmail and contacts.
I have google backup disabled.
I have location access disabled.
Also I have noticed the following:
Although at Data usage menu says:
1-3 October, 12MB of data used, as meassured by your phone...
but per application data it is:
Google services 8MB
AndroidOS 9MB
Google Play 5MB
etc..
The sum of that is above 12MB, unless I am misunderstanding how android calculate data usage...Checking data usage with my provider is different than what android is showing.
Any suggestion how to solve this issue is highly appreciated.Thanks in advance.
Do u pay attention on version.
I think its updateing!
Hence why it use data
If u find dis helpful hit thanks.
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dj88 said:
Do u pay attention on version.
I think its updateing!
Hence why it use data
If u find dis helpful hit thanks.
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Hi,
Are you referring to Android version?It is 4.2.2, the is latest stable version for my device.So, update is not in the one that is draining data.
K bro bt still updates are cmng for it
N dis app does nt show in play store!
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Since a few days ago, Android OS has been using an extreme amount of background data. I have never had this issue before. I did some research and found a ton of conflicting things about this supposedly common error. Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?
I have tried turning location off, still uses data. I have tried turning sync off, still uses data. I've tried using third party apps to track and see what is causing the problem, no luck.
Wiping cache & Dalvik cache can help correct this. Do you have root / custom recovery?
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Wiping cache & Dalvik cache can help correct this. Do you have root / custom recovery?
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Yes. I do. Dalvik and cache has been wiped several times already, but I will try it again and see if it works.
I tried wiping cache and dalvik. Didn't do anything. This is ridiculous... My little bitty data allowance disappearing because of a stupid bug...
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Have you checked the list of apps below the usage graph in Settings / Data usage?
Be sure to place a check mark in Mobile data in the upper right.
Scroll down the list, tap on each major app & consider limiting its background data usage to wifi with the individualized Restrict background data setting.
You could use an app like Network Log to at least see what Android System is connecting to, might narrow down what's causing the issue.
Yes, I have looked there. I have limited everything I can think of. The problem is, it says Android os is the app using the data and I can't limit that app. And I will install that app and see what I can see.
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You can read up on using Better Battery Stats at its excellent xda thread.
This could help especially if the detail on Android OS in Settings / Battery usage shows excessive wake time.
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use a firewall app to block internet access to all the apps except the ones you use
I've tried doing that. I just can't block access to android os.
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This is ridiculous. My tablet never used this much data before. Android OS is the worst, but Google play services are using a lot too.
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It must me something else.
Data usage displayed by each application when summed up don't give even half of global amount used.
Something like:
Google play - 2Mb, Chrome - 5Mb, Android OS - 4Mb, some other apps - 300Kb each, together - 45Mb !!!
Where 20+ Mb has gone - no idea.
There is option to stop background data usage but then phone is almost useless.
BTW:
I don't have any sync to network drive, no FB, no mail or other regular checking.
Bobby060 said:
Since a few days ago, Android OS has been using an extreme amount of background data. I have never had this issue before. I did some research and found a ton of conflicting things about this supposedly common error. Does anyone have any idea how to fix it?
I have tried turning location off, still uses data. I have tried turning sync off, still uses data. I've tried using third party apps to track and see what is causing the problem, no luck.
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I faced the same problem, issue was somewhat with auto backup of data, sync of app data & people details in google account,
BUT the main culprit in my case was uTorrent application.
Even though there was no torrent added to it, i didn't even opened it,
it was using 1GB data daily on WiFi and in data usage it was coming under Android OS usage. I uninstalled it, everything went back to normal.
So try to look for such apps which eat up your data in background, it may not be an error of android OS as such.
Hope this helps, Press THANKS if it did help you
Enjoy
I want to make sure the Deep Hibernation (in v2.6 beta 5 with Xposed) is working as expected, in all circumstances but not just my test cases.
In which case, a hibernated app stays hibernated instead of being woken before? (without wake-up paths cut-off)
In which case, a hibernated app is still woken by another app (tell me which and when) with Deep Hibernation? Please also report the information shown in Greenify, like "Facebook is woken by Messenger: LoginService".
Note: Don't forget to reboot once after upgrading to beta 5.
Email: 17:14 ago content provided: Email
I haven't gotten any email since yesterday.
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beta 5 improved the Deep Hibernation. It's now supposed to stop hibernated apps from being woken by most services.
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Email: 17:14 ago content provided: Email
I haven't gotten any email since yesterday.
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That means some other app had requested the content from Email app.
It's a known restriction on current implementation that wake-up source of this type ("content provided") cannot be detected and stopped.
Facebook still woken by instagram. I dont have anything linked. Same happens with messenger. Ive tried with boost mode and root. What mean attributionidprovide?
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Facebook still woken by instagram. I dont have anything linked. Same happens with messenger. Ive tried with boost mode and root. What mean attributionidprovide?
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That's the known limitation I have mentioned in the previous reply.
Oh sorry. Didnt know. thanks for your work.
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Is v2.6 Beta 5 for Android 4.4? But I have 4.2.1
Milandas01 said:
Is v2.6 Beta 5 for Android 4.4? But I have 4.2.1
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Use latest stable
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Use latest stable
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Ok but Is beta version for Android 4.4?
If i use Stable Version.i won't get beta features
Thanks for your response
No, latest 5 isn't compatible with versions other than 5.x. You can use the stable, the only new feature is the deep hibernation and some minor fixes. Most changes are to be compatible with lollipop.
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No, latest 5 isn't compatible with versions other than 5.x. You can use the stable, the only new feature is the deep hibernation and some minor fixes. Most changes are to be compatible with lollipop.
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As per the What's New, 2.6-beta5 is for 4.4+, not 5+.
I'm using it on my Note 3 with 4.4.4; no issues. Getting great results with deep hibernation too; averaging between, I'd guesstimate, 0.5% and 2% per hour when screen's off. I'd have to look at BMW to see the exact numbers, but offhand, without Greenify I'd get something like 4 hours 100-0%; now, I'm getting 15+ hours with the same usage.
hangouts doesn't work with deep hibernation on. must be syncing google offline credentials every 50 secs to be able to send an sms trough hangouts. I still recieve them with no problem. Just can't send any with deep hibernation activated. after deactivating it all works fine.
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hangouts doesn't work with deep hibernation on. must be syncing google offline credentials every 50 secs to be able to send an sms trough hangouts. I still recieve them with no problem. Just can't send any with deep hibernation activated. after deactivating it all works fine.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into this case.
Hi oasis, I really like this new feature! It's working flawlessly for me on the S3 with 4.4.4.
Anyway it would be really nice to add some kind of white list for the deep hibernated apps to "see" some other apps. This is especially important for apps purchased by amazons app store.
(Paid) Apps downloaded from there are mostly checking if the app store is still installed during their startup. They can't find it on the phone, report this issue and keep closing after that.
The only (cumbersome) workaround for this atm is to launch the app store every time prior to launch these deep hibernated apps.
Hi Oasis, just wanted give feedback on the latest improvements of deep hibernation from today (beta 10 I guess). The Problem still exists
Cheers from Germany
Depressed T.Bear said:
Hi oasis, I really like this new feature! It's working flawlessly for me on the S3 with 4.4.4.
Anyway it would be really nice to add some kind of white list for the deep hibernated apps to "see" some other apps. This is especially important for apps purchased by amazons app store.
(Paid) Apps downloaded from there are mostly checking if the app store is still installed during their startup. They can't find it on the phone, report this issue and keep closing after that.
The only (cumbersome) workaround for this atm is to launch the app store every time prior to launch these deep hibernated apps.
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Thanks for your feedback. I'm considering the possibility to make the "Deep Hibernation" an option on a per-app basis.
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Thanks for your feedback. I'm considering the possibility to make the "Deep Hibernation" an option on a per-app basis.
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That really would be a welcome feature! :good: There are only a few apps that require a "deep sleep".
Anyway, it's like that just for me and in my case. But I think that it applies to other users as well.
I have unrooted Note 4 Exynos and I've been using Greenify for a week. Having an odd issue now. When I fully charge my phone, it consumes battery very low in the beginning but when charge drops about %60, battery level decreases dramatically. I use automated hibernation, keep notification and greenifying system apps features and this is my problem. So, what to do?
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I have unrooted Note 4 Exynos and I've been using Greenify for a week. Having an odd issue now. When I fully charge my phone, it consumes battery very low in the beginning but when charge drops about %60, battery level decreases dramatically. I use automated hibernation, keep notification and greenifying system apps features and this is my problem. So, what to do?
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Why do you think that it is related to Greenify? Did you check which app is draining your battery?