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Im puzzled why maps and other apps keep autostarting in the background?
and eat battery... maps alone can eat up to 10% of my battery in the duration of a day, even if I dont use it...
kurgandk said:
Im puzzled why maps and other apps keep autostarting in the background?
and eat battery... maps alone can eat up to 10% of my battery in the duration of a day, even if I dont use it...
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Get a task killer app and set it to always kill maps, and set a schedule for pruning (like every 30 mins). It's not supposed to start by itself. If you haven't rooted/flashed a custom ROM on it, call HTC. If you have, unroot and go back to stock for a day and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't, it's the ROM's fault.
its not rooted, so if I understand you correctly its a bug?
kurgandk said:
its not rooted, so if I understand you correctly its a bug?
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Either a software bug or an application issue. Have you reset to factory settings (full wipe)?
no not yet..
how much does a 'full wipe' .... 'wipe'?
kurgandk said:
how much does a 'full wipe' .... 'wipe'?
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I'm sorry, but that is hilarious.
kurgandk said:
how much does a 'full wipe' .... 'wipe'?
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About as much as 2 packs of Kleenex.
Okay, serious answer. All data on the phone, but not SD card too (on the off chance that something goes wrong, just copy/paste everything on your SD card to your PC, so you can restore)
heh heh
my point being.. I keep the 'backed up' settings and info on the sd? or is it completely blank?
also I need to apply firmware upgrades again?
kurgandk said:
heh heh
my point being.. I keep the 'backed up' settings and info on the sd? or is it completely blank?
also I need to apply firmware upgrades again?
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Don't think it touches software version, but it might. I suggest you backup either with MyBackup (30 day free trial) or TitaniumBackup first.
i have the same issue, everytime i check my task manager i see apps like maps launched even though i never use them, sucks more battery for no reason, i hope froyo sheds some light
Please check one of the many battery/task manager threads. Cached applications don't use anything if they aren't somehow active. Also you could have lots of applications open at startup which must initialize something or cache themselves.
I also have maps and many other launched at startup, and my battery life is more than good.
well its claimed that they dont use any ressources.... but the reality is that something like maps eat 10% of my battery in the course of a day even if i dont use it...
if i regularely kill off unused tasks I have plenty of battery for a whole day including wifi
but if I dont Im down to the wire..
apps like maps, gallery etc. alll runs on bootup, and maps at least restarts every ... minutes..
got a response from HTC:
Dear Mr Jacobsen, Thanks for contacting HTC Support. Regarding your question, the applications will run automatically in the background as you pointed out. And yes, they will affect the longevity of the battery. Phones operating on the android platform or the Windows Mobile platform will need to be recharged on a more regular basis than other mobile phones. “Heavy” users might need to recharge their phone as often as every 24 hours, and this applies to every brand (Nokia, Sony...)out there. That aside, I do share your frustrations regarding the energy applications waste. If you go on to the Marketplace (market) and search for the application task killer, you should find an application enabling you to close down applications you do not need on a regular basis. Yours Sincerely ****** HTC Support
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number *******.
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Task killers, full wipes, uninstallation...
...People could you calm down?
OP, could you check you don't have Latitude enabled in your Maps app? I found this too and it was because I set Maps to report my location. If it's not thats a good start. Now go to your settings and select Location. If you want turn off the use of wireless for location acquiring.
Ensure you're not using any widgets that need mapping data, or the Maps live wallpaper (that's a REAL juice hog)
You'll find a service running called FriendsAppWidget or such. Not sure what it does, but it's the only Map service I know that runs as long as the phone is on. You can kill it if you want, but I'm getting about 16 hrs use with it running all this time and no task killers.
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From some searching is seems quite a few 3rd party apps plug into this service. Foursquare, Buzz, Twitter etc... Also , run maps and turn off any location aware features you may have enabled in the Labs section.
Basically seek out any apps you use that are dependant on getting your location to work. Even your weather widget might be the culprit.
Menu > Add > Shortcuts > Settings > Battery Use. Charge it to full, use it til it's running out of battery, then open Battery Use and tell us if there are any apps that you didn't open once (like maps) that use, say, 10% of your battery.
Sounds to me like they're just background services (which consume 0 resources)
well maps for sure, it seems its the single most powersucking app...
when Im down to orange/red on the battery from full charge its rated at 7-10%
kurgandk said:
well maps for sure, it seems its the single most powersucking app...
when Im down to orange/red on the battery from full charge its rated at 7-10%
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Are you using Foursquare/Facebook/Twitter/geotagging photos & snapping a lot of them/etc? All of those use Maps, to a certain extent. If not, and you're on a stock ROM, call HTC and *****.
I do use geotagging and some facebook, but that ... in my opinion does not excuse maps not quitting after its done what it has to do...
I have noticed exsessive battery drain recently (%50 overnight), I have installed Battery Info thats telling me the mjority of battery drain is from:
"Mobile tracker + Settings+ Factory Mode + TMserverApp + MTP application"
I cant seem to find out what "Mobile Tracker" "TMserverApp" are from google searches, I cant disable either of these from the application manager to even test if they are the main problem.
I understand MTP is used for file transfers, this I have only used very minimally so dont think this is the cause for battery drain.
Not sure what factory mode does or is?
My S3 is standard from Optus, Android version 4.0.4
Any ideas?
No one knows what any of these apps do/are? Woke up to a competely dead battery today from about 60% last night.
Just install a copy of Titanium Backup Free and Backup, then uninstall those apps if you are rooted.
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richo27 said:
I have noticed exsessive battery drain recently (%50 overnight), I have installed Battery Info thats telling me the mjority of battery drain is from:
"Mobile tracker + Settings+ Factory Mode + TMserverApp + MTP application"
I cant seem to find out what "Mobile Tracker" "TMserverApp" are from google searches, I cant disable either of these from the application manager to even test if they are the main problem.
I understand MTP is used for file transfers, this I have only used very minimally so dont think this is the cause for battery drain.
Not sure what factory mode does or is?
My S3 is standard from Optus, Android version 4.0.4
Any ideas?
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Mobile Tracker is Samsung's tracking service I believe (i.e. if your phone is lost or something).
As was mentioned, install Titanium Backup. Instead of uninstalling, freeze those apps instead - it's less intrusive and ICS compatible. also, if you ever find a need for these, all you have to do is un-freeze (or "defrost") them.
Search for better battery stats on xda this will give you more detailed information about what is causing your battery drain. Sounds like you have a wakelock, as previously mentioned identify the offending apply and freeze it with titanium backup.
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OK so I rooted my Note2 yesterday. Fairly straight forward and fairly quick folowing details on http://galaxynote2root.com.
Just came across it on a video on youtube and it seemed quick and easy.
Anyway It worked a treat and I have superuser rights, I installed Network spoof and wifikill and both programs run as stated.
I have just noticed that my battery seems to be on a constant drain since either (A) I done the Root (B) I installed either of the two programs.
My memory usage is also always tipping over the 1G mark.. I usually always close apps when I remember and clear the memory
I just cleared the memory and it closed 51 applications and reduced the memory to 650, And by the time I finished typing the memory usage is back up to 750 and nothing has happend! the screen had not even turned off.
Is there something happening?
Thanks
OTA Updates
Also noticed that the OTA updates doesn't work. Can updates still be applied via kies?
No pal. You won't be able to receive Kies or OTA updates. At first Kies wil download the new firmware if available but later just before flashing it will stop by saying you have modified your device or something like that. So in case of an update just download the ROM from sammobile.com or elsewhere, and flash it via Odin, pretty easy.
And I don't think rooting is hampering your battery backup, it might be those two apps, or other apps. Install BetterBatteryStats and monitor. You have NO idea how much juice could be drained by hidden ads in a free app.
jujuburi said:
No pal. You won't be able to receive Kies or OTA updates. At first Kies wil download the new firmware if available but later just before flashing it will stop by saying you have modified your device or something like that. So in case of an update just download the ROM from sammobile.com or elsewhere, and flash it via Odin, pretty easy.
And I don't think rooting is hampering your battery backup, it might be those two apps, or other apps. Install BetterBatteryStats and monitor. You have NO idea how much juice could be drained by hidden ads in a free app.
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Cheers Dude...
I installed BetterBatteryStats and Monitor but not exactly sure what it does?
I removed the last couple of apps I installed and it seems to of slowed down the battery drain,
If you can give me a brief run down on BetterBatterStats that would be great, If not thanks again for your input.
Thanks Again
Smokie365 said:
Cheers Dude...
I installed BetterBatteryStats and Monitor but not exactly sure what it does?
I removed the last couple of apps I installed and it seems to of slowed down the battery drain,
If you can give me a brief run down on BetterBatterStats that would be great, If not thanks again for your input.
Thanks Again
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In BBS the stats you should be looking at are Kernel Wakelocks and Partial Wakelocks, more so the latter. Set the time to Since Boot or Since Unplugged.
This tells you what is preventing the phone from going into deep sleep when screen is off.
Don't let it become an obsession like many on XDA do though :silly:
OK, so by now a good deal of us will have 4.4.2 installed, either via PCCompanion, OTA, or more likely by flashing an ftf because Sony is terrible at rolling out updates. And if you do have it you'll have noticed that Sony have done a bang up job of making it one of the laggiest and shortest experiences you've ever seen on a flagship.
One of the biggest setbacks is the battery drain issue, originally we all thought that the perpetrator was Google Play Services, which kept waking our phone, so we tried to fix that with blocking its wakelocks. I did that too, and it did help, the battery didn't drain as much and would actually last till the evening.
However, I checked battery consumption again, and noticed that since I blocked Google Play Services, the Media Storage was draining more than 60% of my battery.
I've fixed it, here's how:
For this you'll need
Root
the latest GApps, or just the Services part
Xposed,
Wakelock Terminator (free to block one app, pro version blocks more)
If you're not rooted, root your phone, just follow the super easy instructions in the above link.
OK, you need to install the latest Services, for some reason it wouldn't automatically update for me on my XZL, this release fixes the issues, yes this was not a Sony mistake, it was just Google.
Once you did that install Wakelock Terminator, the free version only blocks one app, if you want to block more you'll have to pay. This is an Xposed module so you need Xposed, if you don't already have it, follow the above link and install it.
Now if you're rooted, have xposed, updated services, and have Wakelock Terminator installed, open Wakelock Terminator. Here search for "Media Storage", or just "media", then select it and block its wakelocks.
Then reboot and you're done. A lot of work, but that's our fault for buying Xperia.
My battery is currently at 59% after 9 hours 51 minutes, not fantastic, but much better than before.
Dead Metal said:
OK, so by now a good deal of us will have 4.4.2 installed, either via PCCompanion, OTA, or more likely by flashing an ftf because Sony is terrible at rolling out updates. And if you do have it you'll have noticed that Sony have done a bang up job of making it one of the laggiest and shortest experiences you've ever seen on a flagship.
One of the biggest setbacks is the battery drain issue, originally we all thought that the perpetrator was Google Play Services, which kept waking our phone, so we tried to fix that with blocking its wakelocks. I did that too, and it did help, the battery didn't drain as much and would actually last till the evening.
However, I checked battery consumption again, and noticed that since I blocked Google Play Services, the Media server was draining more than 60% of my battery.
I've fixed it, here's how:
For this you'll need
Root
the latest GApps, or just the Services part
Xposed,
Wakelock Terminator (free to block one app, pro version blocks more)
If you're not rooted, root your phone, just follow the super easy instructions in the above link.
OK, you need to install the latest Services, for some reason it wouldn't automatically update for me on my XZL, this release fixes the issues, yes this was not a Sony mistake, it was just Google.
Once you did that install Wakelock Terminator, the free version only blocks one app, if you want to block more you'll have to pay. This is an Xposed module so you need Xposed, if you don't already have it, follow the above link and install it.
Now if you're rooted, have xposed, updated services, and have Wakelock Terminator installed, open Wakelock Terminator. Here search for "Media Server", or just "media", then select it and block its wakelocks.
Then reboot and you're done. A lot of work, but that's our fault for buying Xperia.
My battery is currently at 59% after 9 hours 51 minutes, not fantastic, but much better than before.
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Testing now!
Dead Metal said:
OK, so by now a good deal of us will have 4.4.2 installed, either via PCCompanion, OTA, or more likely by flashing an ftf because Sony is terrible at rolling out updates. And if you do have it you'll have noticed that Sony have done a bang up job of making it one of the laggiest and shortest experiences you've ever seen on a flagship.
One of the biggest setbacks is the battery drain issue, originally we all thought that the perpetrator was Google Play Services, which kept waking our phone, so we tried to fix that with blocking its wakelocks. I did that too, and it did help, the battery didn't drain as much and would actually last till the evening.
However, I checked battery consumption again, and noticed that since I blocked Google Play Services, the Media server was draining more than 60% of my battery.
I've fixed it, here's how:
For this you'll need
Root
the latest GApps, or just the Services part
Xposed,
Wakelock Terminator (free to block one app, pro version blocks more)
If you're not rooted, root your phone, just follow the super easy instructions in the above link.
OK, you need to install the latest Services, for some reason it wouldn't automatically update for me on my XZL, this release fixes the issues, yes this was not a Sony mistake, it was just Google.
Once you did that install Wakelock Terminator, the free version only blocks one app, if you want to block more you'll have to pay. This is an Xposed module so you need Xposed, if you don't already have it, follow the above link and install it.
Now if you're rooted, have xposed, updated services, and have Wakelock Terminator installed, open Wakelock Terminator. Here search for "Media Server", or just "media", then select it and block its wakelocks.
Then reboot and you're done. A lot of work, but that's our fault for buying Xperia.
My battery is currently at 59% after 9 hours 51 minutes, not fantastic, but much better than before.
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No results found for media or media server.
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No results found for media or media server.
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Lol, just switched my phone to English, and here it's called Media Storage.
Putting the location service to only GPS ("Device only") worked way better and fixed all the battery drain. With this method it was still a lot higher than it should be.
Using App Ops (xposed) and denying the keep awake seems to work better than Wakelock Terminator for me with no downsides.
NamenIos said:
Putting the location service to only GPS ("Device only") worked way better and fixed all the battery drain. With this method it was still a lot higher than it should be.
Using App Ops (xposed) and denying the keep awake seems to work better than Wakelock Terminator for me with no downsides.
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Well, with this method media only uses 7% of battery, and I have locations deactivated by default.
I'll try the App Ops version though, even if I can't see any downsides to my method, just to compare.
I have location services on by default, and this completely fixes the 95% Google Play Services battery drain issue.
Thanks!
NamenIos said:
Putting the location service to only GPS ("Device only") worked way better and fixed all the battery drain. With this method it was still a lot higher than it should be.
Using App Ops (xposed) and denying the keep awake seems to work better than Wakelock Terminator for me with no downsides.
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So I tried the App Ops tip, and it uses more battery, with it there are two media services running each at the same time, one 7% and the other 5%, with Wakelock Terminator there there is only the media server. But your tip did do something, before I used it media server used 7%, now that I switched from your method back to mine, it only uses 3%.
It didn't work here... still draining battery. I'll set location service to "device only" to see if it helps. Not sure if apps like waze and google maps will work fine after that, though.
Recently mdnsd has started appearing in my batter usage as one of the top battery offenders. I've done some googling and have found that everything from an application for a drone to location services issues to corrupted files on the sd card can cause problems with mdnsd.
I have formatted my ext sd card and turned off location services with no luck. I've also dumped many non essential apps.
Is there someway I can find out what app is triggering this service so that I can fix it?
I'm pretty much on the same boat: read about the same possibilities and tried the same tricks, but mDNSd usage keeps climbing as the day goes.
Coincidence or not, all the images in a specific folder on my device's internal memory were mysteriously deleted about the time this bug appeared. I'm using a '14 Moto X BTW.
Overall battery life doesn't seem very affected though, if at all. Guess it would be good if someone with a rooted phone could gather some more info on these stats.
TBueno said:
I'm pretty much on the same boat: read about the same possibilities and tried the same tricks, but mDNSd usage keeps climbing as the day goes.
Coincidence or not, all the images in a specific folder on my device's internal memory were mysteriously deleted about the time this bug appeared. I'm using a '14 Moto X BTW.
Overall battery life doesn't seem very affected though, if at all. Guess it would be good if someone with a rooted phone could gather some more info on these stats.
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Something to do with firefox for android? https ://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ show_bug.cgi ?id=1215012
I do use Firefox occasionally, although sync is off.
mDNSd does appear when I'm on wifi, but usage is negligible. When I'm on cell data though, it'll keep climbing the stats long after I've closed Firefox, up to the top of the list.
It's not exactly a battery leech, but it does make a dent. Good to know Mozilla is on top of it.
http://www.haesbaert.org/openmdns/mdnsd.8.html
A little info about what it does. I found I was getting it too. I also found I didn't have Greenify set up properly and Firefox was not included. It is now. We'll see.
Greenify works on non-rooted phones now.
I had dismissed Greenify for unrooted devices before, didn't seem "elegant" enough, required user action or an unsafe screen lock etc. But looked into it again because of this very issue, and boy, it really does wonders on a locked device too! One or two "hibernate now" taps a day is enough to make all backgroung creeping apps behave.
For mDNSd though, it doesn't seem to do the trick, as it kept sucking on my battery yesterday even though Firefox had been stopped and properly hibernated with Greenify. I haven't launched Firefox today, and mDNSd doesn't show in stats.
Scrolled quickly through "all apps" looking for something related to mDNSd that could maybe be stopped through app info, but it's probably more like a service. Will try to avoid Firefox for now until Mozilla issues a patch.
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Something to do with firefox for android? https ://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ show_bug.cgi ?id=1215012
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Yall should read this. In the last 2 comments they say Firefox 42 is causing it. The commenter said he had to uninstall Firefox to stop it. I have too. I'll be giving Chrome another try. Or maybe it's time to check out all the available browsers again. Thanks @elircorajan for finding it.
I went to the play store and gave it a bad rating explaining about the bug. Maybe if everybody did it would get Mozilla's attention.
Update: I'm giving the stock browser a try. It seems quite a lot better than it used to be.
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TBueno said:
I'm pretty much on the same boat: read about the same possibilities and tried the same tricks, but mDNSd usage keeps climbing as the day goes.
Coincidence or not, all the images in a specific folder on my device's internal memory were mysteriously deleted about the time this bug appeared. I'm using a '14 Moto X BTW.
Overall battery life doesn't seem very affected though, if at all. Guess it would be good if someone with a rooted phone could gather some more info on these stats.
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I had the download folder delete itself right infront of my eyes, was downloading on Firefox. I'm on an S6 edge
Thx to the person who found the issue to be Firefox. I spent about 15 minutes searching for MDNSD before I found this.
I just deleted Firefox. I've been using Chrome, and a little Opera, anyways. I really miss the Android browser for the text flow feature.....
After uninstalling Firefox Beta, the mdnsd usage disappeared and the battery life seems to be much better.
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razvu said:
After uninstalling Firefox Beta, the mdnsd usage disappeared and the battery life seems to be much better.
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Not only that, the occasional lag I was having seems to be gone. I've settled on using Chrome for now. I've also got rid of Firefox in my computer and I'm using Chrome there too.
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Same thing for me (Samsung Note 4). Battery drying up in less than a day, with mdnsd at the top of the list. Uninstalled Firefox and battery back to normal - average a day and half or more.
Firefox 42.0.2 was released yesterday (December 2) and supposedly fixes this issue.
Having the same issue but have never had Firefox always used chrome so not sure what else could be causing it.