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[Q] I have two apps that are failing to show background notifications.

I'm running CM 6.1 Stable. I have two apps installed that I have configured to provide me with background notifications: reddit is fun and Foursquare. Reddit is supposed to check for new messages hourly and Foursquare us supposed to check for friend updates every 10 minutes. Neither app is functioning in this regard.
Has anyone else had an issue like this? Is there by chance some setting that prevents 3rd party background notifications from working that I may have enabled by accident? Gmail notifications are still working.
I checked my system log for errors or anything unusual while enabling or disabling the Foursquare notification feature and there was nothing that I could see.
Do apps need to have a service running to provide this sort if functionality, or can the Android system simply let apps schedule periodic tasks? I ask because I don't see any services running for these two apps, and if they are required, that would be a problem.

try moving it back to ur phone not ur sdcard......
tw1k said:
I'm running CM 6.1 Stable. I have two apps installed that I have configured to provide me with background notifications: reddit is fun and Foursquare. Reddit is supposed to check for new messages hourly and Foursquare us supposed to check for friend updates every 10 minutes. Neither app is functioning in this regard.
Has anyone else had an issue like this? Is there by chance some setting that prevents 3rd party background notifications from working that I may have enabled by accident? Gmail notifications are still working.
I checked my system log for errors or anything unusual while enabling or disabling the Foursquare notification feature and there was nothing that I could see.
Do apps need to have a service running to provide this sort if functionality, or can the Android system simply let apps schedule periodic tasks? I ask because I don't see any services running for these two apps, and if they are required, that would be a problem.
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theXeffect said:
try moving it back to ur phone not ur sdcard......
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Neither app is on the SD card.

are you sure.....

LocationManagerService enthusiastically killing my battery!

Hi. I'm on stock Voda in the UK and have been having absolutely terrible battery life, so I bought BetterBattery and am getting HUGE partial wakelock use from LocationManagerService, which seems to be the culprit. Do I have to disable everything to do with my location to stop this?
Many thanks, in advance.

bigbamboo5 said:
Hi. I'm on stock Voda in the UK and have been having absolutely terrible battery life, so I bought BetterBattery and am getting HUGE partial wakelock use from LocationManagerService, which seems to be the culprit. Do I have to disable everything to do with my location to stop this?
Many thanks, in advance.
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Sorry to bump this, but I would love some help - my phone drains like you wouldn't believe. Thanks!

You Use Facebook?

Or any app that needs location info frequently? Try disabling location updates in apps. Worst case, turn off location services when you don't need them.
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eyosen said:
Or any app that needs location info frequently? Try disabling location updates in apps. Worst case, turn off location services when you don't need them.
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Thanks for the replies. I do use Facebook, yes, but I only have my refresh interval set at 2 hours.
If I disable location updates in apps, how will that affect things?

Certain apps will notify you that location services are off and they need to be on. So you determine when to turn on. Google search will probably fail to show nearby stuff but nothing serious.
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eyosen said:
Or any app that needs location info frequently? Try disabling location updates in apps. Worst case, turn off location services when you don't need them.
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Aaaargh! I've gone into Settings >> Locations and turned everything off, but my Partial Wakelock use for LocationManagerService is still through the roof. I can't see a 'Location Updates' setting in Apps - am I looking in the wrong place?
Thanks for your help!

bigbamboo5 said:
Aaaargh! I've gone into Settings >> Locations and turned everything off, but my Partial Wakelock use for LocationManagerService is still through the roof. I can't see a 'Location Updates' setting in Apps - am I looking in the wrong place?
Thanks for your help!
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im on uk voda too and had the same issue.
go to settings > location > untick "googles location service"
this will stop tracking in the background and prevent latitude from working and stop google maps knowing your location which can make it take up to 1 minute to find you when you open maps instead of 5 seconds etc.
reboot the phone and check if you still get the partial wake locks from it (i also got hundreads per hour).
make sure google plus app is not syncing too much, or that you dont have location tracking for glympse or wifi automation / tasker etc enabled.
i also disabled the following apps which may help (test 1 at a time):
Car
Facebook (try friendcaster instead) - apparently facebook does NOT respect the location service settings, it will still update etc, so force close and disable it, then check with batterystats to see if the wakelocks are gone - they probs will be.
Friend stream app & widgets
Joyn
Locations widget (none of the other locations app items can be disable without root)
Navigate widget
news and weather
picasa web albums
Trip widget
Twitter for htc sense
Weather (HTC) & LWP & widgets
hope this helps.

Thank you for the advice, which I have followed. Unfortunately, I still have the problem. I would be most grateful if anyone had any further suggestions!
*Tears out hair*

Do you have Google Latitude activated by any chance? This usually is the cause for these wake locks. Disable latitude and you will see it gets better. With the last updates of Google maps it has become worse. It seems with maps on the device Google is collection traffic data. If you deinstall maps the problem will be gone for sure, but check latitude first.
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Byrana said:
Do you have Google Latitude activated by any chance? This usually is the cause for these wake locks. Disable latitude and you will see it gets better. With the last updates of Google maps it has become worse. It seems with maps on the device Google is collection traffic data. If you deinstall maps the problem will be gone for sure, but check latitude first.
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That's odd - I can't find Latitude, either in my Apps or on my phone. Would it be part of another App? (I looked under 'maps', but couldn't find it there...)

Checked everywhere - no Google Latitude loaded. Hmmm...

Run Maps, goto settings, location settings.
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eyosen said:
Run Maps, goto settings, location settings.
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Thank you. Nothing is checked there at all - do I select 'do not update your location' as well?

bigbamboo5 said:
Thank you. Nothing is checked there at all - do I select 'do not update your location' as well?
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Yes. By default it updates.

[Q] How can I limit Google Now's battery drain?

The threads I've found by searching are all telling me to just turn off Google Now or Location Services, but I still want access to the location based services - however, I think it's overkill for Google Now to be polling my location pretty much every freaking minute. Is there any way I can limit this to ever x amount of minutes instead, or is there a better way to limiting the wakelocks caused by the location services without completely disabling them?

thelakeshow said:
The threads I've found by searching are all telling me to just turn off Google Now or Location Services, but I still want access to the location based services - however, I think it's overkill for Google Now to be polling my location pretty much every freaking minute. Is there any way I can limit this to ever x amount of minutes instead, or is there a better way to limiting the wakelocks caused by the location services without completely disabling them?
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Just turn off GPS is all I can think of really. Google doesn't have sync control on Now like they do with let;s say gmail. Something they should look into.

use autostarts to disable google now. It should still be usable when you specifically need it.
-J

thelakeshow said:
The threads I've found by searching are all telling me to just turn off Google Now or Location Services, but I still want access to the location based services - however, I think it's overkill for Google Now to be polling my location pretty much every freaking minute. Is there any way I can limit this to ever x amount of minutes instead, or is there a better way to limiting the wakelocks caused by the location services without completely disabling them?
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hednik said:
Just turn off GPS is all I can think of really. Google doesn't have sync control on Now like they do with let;s say gmail. Something they should look into.
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correct. i leave almost all 3rd party and native app features enabled. i simply have sync and gps unticked on my notification tray. i just rolled over the 24 hour mark on my battery. a simple swipe and press will have your gps on. google now is a great asset but it requires great resources. you have to determine how much you need what it offers and how much battery you're willing to live with. cheers

Greenify will "sleep" your apps until something requests to use them. It's all done in the background, so you won't even notice Google Now is being controlled by another app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5vYXNpc2ZlbmcuZ3JlZW5pZnkiXQ..
Otherwise, I don't think I am seeing the problems you are.

I usually remove Google now and I get an extra 1-2hrs of battery.

Thanks for the replies, I'll try some of the stuff that's been posted

CZ Eddie said:
Greenify will "sleep" your apps until something requests to use them. It's all done in the background, so you won't even notice Google Now is being controlled by another app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5vYXNpc2ZlbmcuZ3JlZW5pZnkiXQ..
Otherwise, I don't think I am seeing the problems you are.
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man..greenify IS THE SH*T!

Safe list of bloatware apps to turn off?

Does anybody know a list of pre-installed apps that can be safely "turned off" in our device? This is of course referring to pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
I've read that sometimes turning off certain apparently inoffensive apps may bring instability to the device.
For example, I was just checking my location settings and I saw that AT&T Navigator had been requesting location (with high battery usage), but I don't use that app at all, so I'm plan on turning it off, but I wonder in what other apps that can be done safely.

lebertian said:
Does anybody know a list of pre-installed apps that can be safely "turned off" in our device? This is of course referring to pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
I've read that sometimes turning off certain apparently inoffensive apps may bring instability to the device.
For example, I was just checking my location settings and I saw that AT&T Navigator had been requesting location (with high battery usage), but I don't use that app at all, so I'm plan on turning it off, but I wonder in what other apps that can be done safely.
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Generally the asps that allow you to "disable" them are all okay to turn off.
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I disabled anything that had to do with att.
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The only thing I've found that I had to enable was S Voice, I kept getting a pop up on the camera because it uses it for the selfie camera trigger.

Same here. Disabled everything AT&T and left S Voice active.

Everything ATT except MyAtt and s voice

I've disabled all att stuff and a few other things like s health, s voice, galaxy apps, Samsung account, Samsung billing, Samsung link, remote, print services, ANT services, milk, yahoo weather

I left S Voice alone (other things make use of it), and also Galaxy Apps (allows you to update S Health)

NYYFan02 said:
I've disabled all att stuff and a few other things like s health, s voice, galaxy apps, Samsung account, Samsung billing, Samsung link, remote, print services, ANT services, milk, yahoo weather
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How do disable the Samsung stuff? I can see how to stop it but I don't see an option to disable or turn off.
Also, anyone knows how to disable Lockout? All the options in app info ate greyed out, even force stop

lebertian said:
How do disable the Samsung stuff? I can see how to stop it but I don't see an option to disable or turn off.
Also, anyone knows how to disable Lockout? All the options in app info ate greyed out, even force stop
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Update the app then go to application manager and turn it off.
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borijess said:
Update the app then go to application manager and turn it off.
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Awesome, that worked! Weird that you have to update it to disable it

I realize this is an older thread, but for others that stumble upon it via search, here's a discussion that includes an extensive list of apps to safely be disabled.
(same link as above) http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/apps-to-disable-removed-att-note-4-t2943779

lebertian said:
Does anybody know a list of pre-installed apps that can be safely "turned off" in our device? This is of course referring to pre-installed apps that can't be uninstalled.
I've read that sometimes turning off certain apparently inoffensive apps may bring instability to the device.
For example, I was just checking my location settings and I saw that AT&T Navigator had been requesting location (with high battery usage), but I don't use that app at all, so I'm plan on turning it off, but I wonder in what other apps that can be done safely.
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You can install package disabler pro for a small fee.. great app but be careful when u use their auto bloatware disable feature because it can disable some stuff that your phone needs to function.. but this app let's you disable stuff that is greyed out in your app manager like music player for example.

Here is another list which I have followed. Not all of them, but quite a few. It definitely made a difference.
Now, I think many of those you would need to be rooted to do. And of course we know that's not much good now for AT&T phones.
I'm on a T-Mobile Note 4, rooted, so I was OK to try. I did the TIBU/Freeze method.

Android 10 Location Controls

Now that Android 10 allows Location for apps to be set to "Allow Only When App is Active" it seems like a good permission to use to limit the battery drain sometimes associated with Android System from background GPS.
When I try to set the "Google" app and the "Maps" app to this setting I get a warning that it may stop the app from functioning properly.
Does anyone know if its OK to use this setting for those two apps on my S9?
Thanks.

lirong said:
Now that Android 10 allows Location for apps to be set to "Allow Only When App is Active" it seems like a good permission to use to limit the battery drain sometimes associated with Android System from background GPS.
When I try to set the "Google" app and the "Maps" app to this setting I get a warning that it may stop the app from functioning properly.
Does anyone know if its OK to use this setting for those two apps on my S9?
Thanks.
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From what I've noticed is if you close out maps. It has to relocate you. As for Google apps I would assume personalised services such as weather and stuff will be inaccurate I may be wrong as I've not tried on Google app but in would assume