So I was using ad free and i love how it blocks those annoying ads but i was wondering something. when ever an ad is supposed to be there on a page a little spinning icon appears I was wondering could this be causing more battery drain than just keeping the ads in. Does the icon mean the program is continuously searching for an ad to display taking up data and clock cycles of the cpu. If any one knows that answer I would be very curious to know thanks.
It means you didn't reboot to clear out your ad cache, after a reboot you shouldn't see any ads or " little spinning icons"
No I see it all the time even after a reboot.
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Is there an app or something that actually tells me what is running I. The background? I'm currently using automatic task killer but I feel that it only kills somethings and not all.
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try system panel. or taskiller
Why do you want to kill the apps? Android will stop them for you if it needs the memory. Hitting the back button at the bottom of your phone should exit you out of the app you're currently in.
What do you have running in the background that's killing your phone so bad?
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Autostarts is a good paid app. Prevents certain apps from ever starting automatically.
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Love autostart.. cheap and on cm6 with stock root I hit 1903 on quad. Also I removed alot of stuff. Almost barebones then installed my 28 apps. Still get average 1800s. +1 for autostart.
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Why do you want to kill the apps? Android will stop them for you if it needs the memory. Hitting the back button at the bottom of your phone should exit you out of the app you're currently in.
What do you have running in the background that's killing your phone so bad?
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You can back out to exit but doesn't shut down the app when you are done with it. Stays in the background. Developers need to start putting close or exit on apps to close and shut down the app instead of leaving it in background. There is 3 parts.. background..foreground.. and cached..
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Why do you want to kill the apps? Android will stop them for you if it needs the memory. Hitting the back button at the bottom of your phone should exit you out of the app you're currently in.
What do you have running in the background that's killing your phone so bad?
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The back button closing apps is a large myth for most apps. Some are coded that way but not all. As for the other post about AutoStarts, it is a great app for root users. Just be careful. However, 2.2 is great by itself about managing apps and resources on its own without a 3rd party task killer. I use AutoKiller to tweak Android's own task manager to kill off items sooner. Just because you see an app running does not mean it is using battery or hogging resources. Android is not a Windows device.
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Well the reason I'm asking is because, I am rooted with 2.2 But I still get horrible battery consumption. I thought it might have been all the background apps still running or on standby. I used taskkiller myself but i really don't see a difference.
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Good info on the back button. I always thought that worked for some applications. I don't see how force closing an application can be good for your phone though anymore than force closing a program is great for your computer. But I'm not totally familar with the OS on our phones.
But my understanding about the OS is that it will shut down apps on it's own in case it needs the memory right? And, to your points just having apps open won't necessarily drain the battery.
OP, how's your reception. It's also my understanding that having poor reception will drain your battery worse too. Are you running GPS, wireless, or services that use those resources?
Not at all, I don't even have Bluetooth on. And using system tools I can see that before killing any background apps the phone is using 63% memory when killing the apps its reduced to 42%
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autostarts + system panel + juice defender
Take a little time to learn how they work, one you get them set up you'll be a happy camper.
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autostarts + system panel + juice defender
Take a little time to learn how they work, one you get them set up you'll be a happy camper.
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+1 for system panel. This will tell you not only what processes are running, but will also tell you how much battery and CPU they use (and have used over the past X hours). It's invaluable when trying to find the rogue process that's sapping up your battery.
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I don't know why there should be any problem with killing an app or service through the app manager. I do it frequently. At first I did encounter unexpected results but these are less now as I become more familiar.
I wondered, though, is there a preferred order of stopping and clearing data/cache through the app manager (in 2.2)?
I didn't know there was background/forground/cache difference: in froyo, it appears to me that app manager shows all of those under "running"--is that correct? Also, you can look at services. If a service (calendar, talk, etc.) is running, for example, it could be an obvious thing to stop if you aren't using it. You will see if you log out of the service first, and then check the service list, that it might remain running.
I think when you re-start the device very little starts with it. You can use that as a baseline.
Playing games online realtime is probably the biggest power hog I've found. I sometimes cannot play for even 15 min.
Other days, the device holds juice for more than 24 hrs.
The signal strength seems to be the main variable in my experience. The phone signal strength makes a difference, so does 3G, and 4G even more. It's like there's a threshhold or a revolving time--sorry, I don't know the right term here--but the device goes round and round searching if it thinks some signal is out there or if you trigger an app that calls for it. OTOH, once the device really finds nothing at all it drops everything. It shuts down entirely and you get really great battery life
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I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this. I have been monitoring my battery life closely on a stock unrooted phone. Everytime I check my battery level in the Phone status I also check the Battery use screen to see which app is currently taking up the most juice.
On two occasions, I have found apps that I closed before and are no longer in the task manager, still on the list. One was reckless getaway and the other is web. Both were closed in task manager. The first time it happened with reckless getaway, I rebooted my phone and it was gone. Now I do not want to have to reboot my phone everytime I see an app that I closed still running in the background. As for the web app, I have force stopped it and refreshed, but it is still on the list.
Can anyone advise me on how to get rid of these apps that linger on the battery use screen even though they do not appear on the task manager?
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Try juice defender app
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These apps might start up as a service and cannot be closed via task manager. Go to settings applications running and look for it there
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I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this. I have been monitoring my battery life closely on a stock unrooted phone. Everytime I check my battery level in the Phone status I also check the Battery use screen to see which app is currently taking up the most juice.
On two occasions, I have found apps that I closed before and are no longer in the task manager, still on the list. One was reckless getaway and the other is web. Both were closed in task manager. The first time it happened with reckless getaway, I rebooted my phone and it was gone. Now I do not want to have to reboot my phone everytime I see an app that I closed still running in the background. As for the web app, I have force stopped it and refreshed, but it is still on the list.
Can anyone advise me on how to get rid of these apps that linger on the battery use screen even though they do not appear on the task manager?
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They are on the screen because that screen reports "use percentage" and those apps used the battery. They don't necessarily have to be currently active.
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Thanks.
That would explain it. If that is the case, the best way to monitor rogue apps would be to install juice defender? because the battery use screen would not be accurate since it shows all apps that used up battery life.
Lately the phone started to light itself on every ~2 minutes or sometimes it stops for a while and randomly does it again.
I usually place it next to my TV desk or on my computer one, is that the cause? If so, is it in any way harmful?
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maybe some app is running in background......
maybe because of some background apps
Like the two people above me said check which apps are running in the background. I don't really know much, but maybe Better Battery Stats app will help. It's in the market. I use it to check which apps keep waking up my device and preventing it to deep sleep, thus draining battery.
Well I press the Home button a few times and even open the Task Manager to see if anything is running and there's nothing. :s
Task manager doesn't show apps running in the background.
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Settings>> Applications>>Running Services
there you will find all the apps running in background
check which application(not stock core applications ) are running end any third party app and see if it helps
Install better battery status and check the partial wakelogs to know which app is conflicting
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Thanks everyone. I think there was some left out stuff I forgot to end.
I recently installed two apps from the App Store both by Disney. I noticed on the Settings/Battery screen that both apps are using 21% battery when playing and 10% when not playing. When I tried to Force Stop I noticed that both kept using about 10% percent battery power. I thought that the Force Stop actually stopped the app from using the phones resources. I even tried using Advanced Task Killer which also failed to completely stop the app from consuming the system resources. The only sure why to stop them was to uninstall them, which sucks because they were fun games to play.
My question is what's the point of Force Stop if it doesn't actually stop the app and how do you stop an app from running without uninstalling?
The force stop is just like an end task in Windows.. it just kills the current task.. it does not mean stop it forever. If the app is called again it will start up again...
Now there are apps that are automatically called if the are stooped, mainly service type tasks, but there are some bad / misbehaving apps out there for sure.
This type of behavior is why taskkillers can actually cost you more battery usage, because the app is always having to start-up again and why with the current revision of Android - Gingerbread on up it is not recommend to use them.. the kernel is best at managing resources.
The main question is why is the Disney app running all them time? I'd bet it has some suspicious permission and is phoning home quite often... I wouldn't run it at all with that kind of behavior..
After you force stop those apps, are you resetting the battery list by charging to full again? Cause those percentages will still appear in the usage list even after you stopped them because that data was already collected. You'd have to start the tracking over at that point.
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After you force stop those apps, are you resetting the battery list by charging to full again? Cause those percentages will still appear in the usage list even after you stopped them because that data was already collected. You'd have to start the tracking over at that point.
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Thanks for the reply, how do I start the tracking over? I have the phone at 100% charge and it's still there but instead of taking 10% now it shows 2%. I tried several times to restart the count and every time the game app comes back showing that it's using battery.
I've attached three screen shots so you can see what I'm talking about. The three screens shots are of Disneys app Temple Run: Brave. The first is just after I closed the game app, the second is after I Force Stopped the game app and the third is after charging my phone 100%, disconnecting the charger and resetting the battery status. The app starts up again and uses about 2% which I can't stop it unless I uninstall the app. It does go away if I reboot the phone itself but who wants to restart there phone just to close an app?
I also have installed another Disney game app Where's my Perry and is similar except when I restart the battery app it doesn't start up again until I play the game app.
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Thanks for the reply, how do I start the tracking over? I have the phone at 100% charge and it's still there but instead of taking 10% now it shows 2%. I tried several times to restart the count and every time the game app comes back showing that it's using battery.
I've attached three screen shots so you can see what I'm talking about. The three screens shots are of Disneys app Temple Run: Brave. The first is just after I closed the game app, the second is after I Force Stopped the game app and the third is after charging my phone 100%, disconnecting the charger and resetting the battery status. The app starts up again and uses about 2% which I can't stop it unless I uninstall the app. It does go away if I reboot the phone itself but who wants to restart there phone just to close an app?
I also have installed another Disney game app Where's my Perry and is similar except when I restart the battery app it doesn't start up again until I play the game app.
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Hmmm well you're pretty much doing exactly what I suggested. I don't know what that app could be doing. I'd need to see a system panel screen shot of maybe an hour or 2 collection of data monitoring to get a better idea. It must be running a service. If you go to settings, apps, running apps, does it appear there? And even after you force stop it? That list only shows running services, not activities. Does it show up there?
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Hmmm well you're pretty much doing exactly what I suggested. I don't know what that app could be doing. I'd need to see a system panel screen shot of maybe an hour or 2 collection of data monitoring to get a better idea. It must be running a service. If you go to settings, apps, running apps, does it appear there? And even after you force stop it? That list only shows running services, not activities. Does it show up there?
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I'm not sure what's going on with the app. I've attached two more screen shots. To answer you questions No it doesn't appear to be running on the Running apps page and yes it was showing that it was Force Stopped.
Is there a way that I can collect data to see what the app is doing? Does my phone have to be rooted, bootloader unlocked, etc?
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Recently the GPS crosshairs icon flashes on my status bar like every 5 seconds then flips off...on and off, on and off all day. I know the simple fix would to be just to turn off gps, but again this just started happening recently. I always left my gps on all the time and the crosshairs icon would only flash when an app was using it, like in google maps or navigation. So I'm assuming it's an app that's using my gps in the background somewhere. How can I figure out what is using it?
Also, I've always kept my screen on the brightest setting with no problem regarding battery life. But I just looked in Settings>Battery and it shows that the screen is responsible for 80% of the battery, with no mention of gps. So, any ideas about what's going on with my battery?
Better battery stats will help you find what's causing the issue. Its a paid app on the play store, look for the picture of a battery and plus sign.
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You can find BBB here for free for XDA users.
My suggestion is to look at your apps and see what has Location or GPS permissions (ie. Facebook/G+/4Square, Maps, old Latitude-type settings, anything the "checks you in",...).
It is an app that is broadcasting your position and initiating your GPS to trigger. Find the app and fix the problem.