[Q] Apps draining battery (Spotify, Netflix, Redbox, etc...) - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So, I'm new to the forum and this is my first post. Great and very helpful site!
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II and an SIII and SII before them. I'm a bit of a Samsung Galaxy fan.
I've noticed with these devices that apps like Spotify, Netflix and Redbox drain my battery like crazy but when I go to:
Settings / More / System manager / Application manager and scroll to these apps, then click the "Force stop" button it helps like crazy.
I've tried looking this up on the inter-webs and it appears that you're not supposed to do that?
I've also tried using task manager type apps to kill these programs when I'm done with them but even though these apps say that the progs are killed I still have the "Force stop" button highlighted and my battery draining in the background.
Please help me understand this? My next thought is to as for help writing a simple bit of code that kills all of the apps that I hardcode in the program.

Try Greenify from the play store it hibernates apps your not using and it has an extention in xposed to do even more with system apps try it b4 doing something more drastic
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I'm not rooted if that matters but ill give it a try
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This Greenify program is perfect! It does exactly what I was looking for. I pick the apps that I want to participate in this and it creates a hibernate shortcut on my desktop. I click the shortcut and it "Forces Close" all of the apps that I pre-chose! Thank you!

Your welcome glad to help
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Thanks... this should probably be posted in sgs3 themes and apps though
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Thanks I'm using them right now.
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Ive been using the task manager shortcut application for a long time. Got it off of the samsung app store
Thanks for your work
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[Q] Game Push Notification

I'm the first time to use the Samsung's product and also the Android system. (I was an user of IOS before)
Right Now, I'm facing the problem that my notification works well on facebook, whatsapp, gmail,etc. But it does not work on the game apps, such as Galaxy Empire.
I'm using the offical ROM and only root with N.E.A.K kernel. Hope there is someone can help me.
Can anyone help me with this?plz and Thz.
Do you use any adblock app?
Which notifications could you receive from games?
I don't have any push notification from the game and I do not install the adblock.
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OK but why do you want to receive notifications from games???
It is important to have the push notification from the game as I am not always stay with the game and I want to stick with what is happening inside the game.
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zeroyipyu said:
It is important to have the push notification from the game as I am not always stay with the game and I want to stick with what is happening inside the game.
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Well you never used AirPush Detector app for example or another one? Do you use malwares protection as LBE Security manager, Pdroid...?
Maybe you could check the settins app or clear data of the game.
I haven't tried the apps you said. But I did clear the data and re-start the game again, with no luck, still not work.
Now, I found out that it was the server problem. I can play the same game from other producer and it works fine.
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You maybe un-checked the notification the time you install the game.
Try to browse the game again from the store and check the notification checkbox.
And also go to app setting of your phone and open the settings of the game and check the notification checkbox.
Btw, this notifications can drain more power to your battery. If you have many application which you rarely use I suggest to uncheck its notification. I got this battery problem before with my GN2.

[APP] Greenify - Save Battery Life

I discovered this gem of an app a couple months ago thanks to an article on Lifehacker. Lifehacker's app recommendations can be hit or miss, so I took this with a grain of salt. But after trying it for a couple months, I couldn't be happier with the results and it's become one of my absolute favorite apps. I've noticed a few of you mentioning it in various forums as well, so apparently word has gotten around! But to those of you who have yet to try Greenify, I would highly recommend it. Basically it "auto-hibernates apps". So, for instance, if you have the Facebook app, but don't necessarily care to have it running in the background eating valuable battery life, Greenify will hibernate that app for you. It's very simple to set up and it has definitely extended my battery life after adding around 7-8 apps to my hibernate list. I'm attaching the Lifehacker article and Google Play links below.
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/greenify-auto-hibernates-apps-youre-not-using-to-save-513922193
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Jersey846 said:
I discovered this gem of an app a couple months ago thanks to an article on Lifehacker. Lifehacker's app recommendations can be hit or miss, so I took this with a grain of salt. But after trying it for a couple months, I couldn't be happier with the results and it's become one of my absolute favorite apps. I've noticed a few of you mentioning it in various forums as well, so apparently word has gotten around! But to those of you who have yet to try Greenify, I would highly recommend it. Basically it "auto-hibernates apps". So, for instance, if you have the Facebook app, but don't necessarily care to have it running in the background eating valuable battery life, Greenify will hibernate that app for you. It's very simple to set up and it has definitely extended my battery life after adding around 7-8 apps to my hibernate list. I'm attaching the Lifehacker article and Google Play links below.
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/greenify-auto-hibernates-apps-youre-not-using-to-save-513922193
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
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Good app. I'm using it too for a long time
Sad that it can't hibernate system apps Like Google Maps for example
v0rtex604 said:
Good app. I'm using it too for a long time
Sad that it can't hibernate system apps Like Google Maps for example
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Didn't notice that. Depending on if you use maps or not you could always freeze it in Titanium Backup.
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agreed - thanks for the find. it has improved battery by 50% for me
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Didn't notice that. Depending on if you use maps or not you could always freeze it in Titanium Backup.
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Or you could use TiBu to make it a system app then use Greenify.
I apparently am not smart enough to run Greenify. How do you configure it?
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netizenmt said:
I apparently am not smart enough to run Greenify. How do you configure it?
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basically, go into "manage apps" -> "running apps" and determine which apps are running that you really do NOT NEED to be running all the time. for me, it was facebook, scramble with friends, beat the streak, play music, and a few others. I then open the greenify app, and selected just those apps. then, greenify will hibernate them so that they are not running in the background. only downside is that I do not get notifications for those apps (which is fine by me). however, I can still access them just fine and they launch very quickly/smoothly as if they were not hibernating.
How did you Greenify Play Music? I don't see it on the list. Is that considered a system app?
jco23 said:
basically, go into "manage apps" -> "running apps" and determine which apps are running that you really do NOT NEED to be running all the time. for me, it was facebook, scramble with friends, beat the streak, play music, and a few others. I then open the greenify app, and selected just those apps. then, greenify will hibernate them so that they are not running in the background. only downside is that I do not get notifications for those apps (which is fine by me). however, I can still access them just fine and they launch very quickly/smoothly as if they were not hibernating.
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tcat007 said:
How did you Greenify Play Music? I don't see it on the list. Is that considered a system app?
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Not really. Just open the app, hit the home button, then go into greenify and hibernate it.
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Sorry, I had searched Greenify and got to this Razer forum, I have a Nexus 7. "Home" sends me to my home page on it. I used app/mover to change Play Music to a user app (but now Music is gone and won't install from Play Store...) Don't use it much anyway, but be nice to figure out Greenifying system apps.
jco23 said:
Not really. Just open the app, hit the home button, then go into greenify and hibernate it.
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Wow this app is great by far the best battery saving app I ever tried, I couldnt believe how many times apps were waking my phone and the funny thing is, they Dont even have notifications... So they were just waking the phone because they felt like it! but now I can still use the app and they Dont do anything in the background now! :thumbup:
thedude59 said:
Wow this app is great by far the best battery saving app I ever tried, I couldnt believe how many times apps were waking my phone and the funny thing is, they Dont even have notifications... So they were just waking the phone because they felt like it! but now I can still use the app and they Dont do anything in the background now! :thumbup:
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Glad to hear it! I felt the same way after I installed it.
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Finally tried it out... it works well... sitting at 12 hours and only at 71%...
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ezknives said:
Finally tried it out... it works well... sitting at 12 hours and only at 71%...
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Sweet!
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Just a suggestion, if you have Titanium Backup Pro then you can convert system apps to user apps. Then you can set said app to hibernate in Greenify.
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which apps
CrocadileUT78 said:
Just a suggestion, if you have Titanium Backup Pro then you can convert system apps to user apps. Then you can set said app to hibernate in Greenify.
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I'm interested as to what apps you have done this to? I have the Pro and would love to know which apps you have successfully converted, thanks ahead.
Can anybody help me out by explaining (or linking to me an article that explains) how Greenify actually works its magic? Does it just run a service in the background that is constantly monitors active processes that have been "Greenified" and forces these processes to go into "Hibernate" mode when the screen is off, and prevents any partial wakes?
Thanks guys.
Before greenify I would unplug my phone at 930 pm and wake up at 5 am and the battery would be at 78%, with greenify doing the same method I only drop to 88%!
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skuppej said:
Can anybody help me out by explaining (or linking to me an article that explains) how Greenify actually works its magic? Does it just run a service in the background that is constantly monitors active processes that have been "Greenified" and forces these processes to go into "Hibernate" mode when the screen is off, and prevents any partial wakes?
Thanks guys.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
This may very well be placebo, but battery life has been awesome recently, right after installing Greenify. CM10.1, stock CM kernel... Just another data point...
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Why apps run in background without opening them

Hey guys, I always wandered why apps run I'm background even though its been 2 weeks or so since u used them.
How can I prevent that from happening?
The reason I am asking is because those apps kill my ram. My ram hit 80% occupied and every time I have to hit kill tasks.
Some other times I hit kill tasks but those apps keep running in background sooo annoying.
I also installed greenify which hibernate those apps and they keep running.
I don't wanna install them cause I use them from time to time. So what could be the solution for this problem?
Please help thanks a lot.
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The run at startup. Some do. Restart your phone check what's running and uninstall or stop the processes
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I already limited that to only the apps I want to start at boot. So u don't think that's the issue.
At boot things go well but after 4 days things start to get messy and apps start in background by it self and when I kill them, they just load again. Its nuts.
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If that happens I just uninstall things I don't need etc like 3rd party lunchers keyboards all that uses ram
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Android is designed to do this..
Do a search for how android / linux kernel managed ram.. YOUR Fighting your phone and how it works by killing off apps. If you device needs the ram it will kill off the least used app ..
but there are some rogue apps. IF THE APP Creates account LIKE Facevirus
you have to disable its sync settings.. ohh and you will have to do so every day or to it turns its setting back to suit there needs not yours..
other rogue apps do the same..
If you are rooted, you can use Greenify. With this you can hibernate any application that starts in background which will save both your RAM and Battery.
Search for this app on XDA or Play store
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Google services are killing me

I've been running the same rom for months it hasn't been changed for at least 3 months. I've experienced massive drain lately. I've read/seen others talking about it in other Rom threads.
I haven't seen much in the way of ideas. Yesterday I cleared cache. I just don't know what the heck is going on.
Thanks for any direction you can give.
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I meant to include this too
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Try using Titanium backup to convert google services to a user app instead of it being a system app. Then you can use greenify to hibernate it. This will render some notifications useless but all your apps with google will still work correctly once you open them. If you use autorun manager you disable all background services for those google apps.
Have a great day!

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