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i know the topic of data usage by os services is an old one. but i haven't found any appropriate fix or solution to this "problem". I'm not sure if it really is one so i'll present my case and you give me your opinion.
my dinc is rooted, bootloader unlocked but s-on.
these are the apps install on it:
camera
linkedin
go launcher ex
messages
my data manager
no lock
opera mobile
phone
play store
quickpic
root explorer
sms filter
superuser
ttorrent
vibrafix
zedge
all other bloatware has been removed sometime back.
the data manager app shows that os services used 5MB in 4 days. i have a very limited monthly data plan and also want to extend battery life.
from the apps list above, no app chews any data on standby. background, autosync is all off. all installed app data usage is reportedly separately in data manager so no app surely contributes.
i couldn't find much so i ran a packet capture app and analysed in wireshark. found 3 ip addresses as destination. 2 of them may be related to go launcher ex and the 3rd one goes to chinacache company. this one i'm not sure of what exactly for. it may or may not be related to go launcher ex.
any suggestions, opinions please?
ADR6300 said:
i know the topic of data usage by os services is an old one. but i haven't found any appropriate fix or solution to this "problem". I'm not sure if it really is one so i'll present my case and you give me your opinion.
my dinc is rooted, bootloader unlocked but s-on.
these are the apps install on it:
camera
linkedin
go launcher ex
messages
my data manager
no lock
opera mobile
phone
play store
quickpic
root explorer
sms filter
superuser
ttorrent
vibrafix
zedge
all other bloatware has been removed sometime back.
the data manager app shows that os services used 5MB in 4 days. i have a very limited monthly data plan and also want to extend battery life.
from the apps list above, no app chews any data on standby. background, autosync is all off. all installed app data usage is reportedly separately in data manager so no app surely contributes.
i couldn't find much so i ran a packet capture app and analysed in wireshark. found 3 ip addresses as destination. 2 of them may be related to go launcher ex and the 3rd one goes to chinacache company. this one i'm not sure of what exactly for. it may or may not be related to go launcher ex.
any suggestions, opinions please?
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Well chinacache is a huge world wide company that does business with tons of other companies. So it could be just about any app, system or not.
As to stoping them, get an app from the market called permissions. The app allows you to disable or disallow an apk from having certain permissions. In your case if you think golauncher is one of the culprits, open permissions, look for the golauncher app, click on it, and look for and dissable its permission to to use data/internet. As for the chinacache one, like i said it could be just about any app. Adobe, google (firefox), sun (java), and many other major companies use their services. If you can figure out what app it is, you can dissaple its net permission too. The only downside is that the app in question may need net permission to function or for a legit use, if you dissable it the app may not work right or at all.
thanks for your reply! I noticed that OS services data usage is high when apps like opera mobile is used. I'd like to know what data is actually being transmitted. is it some massive campaign to gather personal data for understand some particular metric.
anyway, ill get that permissions denied app. thanks again.
ADR6300 said:
thanks for your reply! I noticed that OS services data usage is high when apps like opera mobile is used. I'd like to know what data is actually being transmitted. is it some massive campaign to gather personal data for understand some particular metric.
anyway, ill get that permissions denied app. thanks again.
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Also i just found another app called 2g,3g,4g Network Monitor. It will tell you exactly what app is using how much data. I see several system apps using data on my setup, dialer storage, brcm bluetooth services, and several others. I have no clue why half of them even need net access.
After updating to kitkat my battery went downhill.
Someone suggested turning off location services and that fixed it.
Got to researching more and found someone saying to deny location services from Google search
So I used the app "app ops" from the play store then gave it root rights from in there it will list all apps that use location services and you can disable their permissions one by one to decide which ones are necessary.
Really not sure how we survive without this app.
Hope this helps.
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Good find! There are several apps by that name tho... Which one in particular are you using? I'm keen to try
Cheers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droidmate.appopsinstaller
It is a simple program that lets you take back permissions
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Well I'm not sure why, but this app just won't run on my phone....CM11 m7. I am running ART, but other people say that is compatible. I just get the same thing a small minority of users get, press install & reboot, but the app doesn't install to system. oh well :/
Did you grant it root access?
I don't think it matters for you though cm 11 has this program built in
Go to settings then privacy then privacy guard then the three dots for settings click advanced now you can change permissions
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Yes I did grant it root access. But like you said CM11 has it built in & I didn't know that until now, so thanks. It even has a counter there with the number of location access, and the stand out one is 'google play services' with a count of over 300,000. Going to have a play around with that and see if disabling location access for play services has any negative effects.
Has anyone tried using the App Ops Starter app to reduce google play services wakelocks? By disabling the location permission and the keep awake permission, google play services seems to have a lot less wakelocks. Of course this also applies any other misbehaving app such as google search. Disabling these two permissions have greatly improved my overall battery life.
In essence, this app basically gives you access to the default permission manager hidden away by google so you can control what permissions the apps have access to. You can restrict unwanted/unnecessary permissions while reducing wakelocks.
Oh and it doesn't seem to require root either. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.android.tools.appopsstarter
I'm going to follow this thread... and hope to learn some about 'wake lock', etc. I get a charge out of improving battery life.
Hi, I'd been using AppOps since I was a Nexus 4-5 user. Help me a lot with battery. I'm using on g3 and works as it should. I ever deactivated these 2 ; location and keep awake.
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I have seen a couple root apps posted that are good to have, I have a few apps that I have installed on every phone that make life a whole lot easier for root functions. I have no ties to any of these developers, and I have not created any of these apps. I just want to share some apps that I find are useful.
SD Maid, by Darken: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
This app is great, This is my favorite root app. The feature list is jam packed with things it can do to help you change your Rom to better suite what you want. It makes clearing out corpses of removed apps (system or not) clearing your cache, and it even allowes you to uninstall or freeze system apps, you can even delete an app but leave its data in case you want to reinstall it later without having to reset up everything. You can toggle auto starts, look for duplicate files, and check your system info. it is a free app, with a paid unlocker for the pro features, and it is totally worth it to unlock the pro features.
CSC Feature Expert for Samsung, by Wanam: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.cscexpert
This app is great for modifying hidden features that carries change within the stock Sammy rom such as removing that annoying wifi notification in the drop down menu (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/quick-guide-enabling-hidden-features-t3087506 for some great ideas)
SQLite Editor, by speed software: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor
This app allows you to edit the SQL for some great mods and tweaks like removing the brightness slider bar in the drop down menu (http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/tweak-remove-brightness-slider-t3088329)
GSam Battery Monitor, by Gsam Labs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
This app has a companion app for root users that makes it a system app with all the permissions needed to keep a close eye on battery usage. Tells you how long your average usage is for each app and the longer you have it installed the better it gets at telling you what is going on.
ROM Toolbox, by JRummy:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox
This app is a combination of like 8 apps that JRummy has created rolled into one easy to use package, for about 80% less than buying them separately. Most of the features of this app are not very useful for our phones, I think it is more leaning towards CM based ROMS but it still has a few features that we can use like a great file explorer, a easy to use app manager, a build.prop editor, task manager, Terminal emulator, and a DNS shanger.
Thats my list of must have root apps, what are some root apps you guys are using? I am sure there is an app out there I have not seen that would end up on my list, so reply with your favorite apps for root! :highfive:
greenify
titanium backup
flashfire
better battery stats
adaway
just to name a few...
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greenify, by Oasis Feng:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Great for shutting down apps that like to run in the background. Great thing for the S6 is you can set the home button to greenify and lock the screen by holding the home button for 2 seconds.
titanium backup, by Titanium Track:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
I personally dont like titanium back up. and SD Maid does everything Titanium back up does and more all in one app for less money.
flashfire, by Chainfire: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.flash
This is a new app for me, I have started using it for flashing on my S6 Edge, but never used it before that. It is a great app, and a necessity for us s6 users with locked bootloaders.
better battery stats, by Sven Knipsel: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
No free or trial version so I have never tried the app. It looks like a useful app, but no better than the Gsam, and gsam is free.
adaway, by sufficientlysecure: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934553157
Adaway is a necessity for all root users! it does what it says and makes the ads go away. I didnt include it in my origional post because I was going to stick with Play store apps but it is more than worth of the list.
To add another useful app, is another app store, fdroid. https://f-droid.org/
Fdroid offers some apps that the play store wont allow such as adawy. I have never had or heard of any malware issues using Fdroid, but I dont see alot of people talking about it around here.
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greenify, by Oasis Feng:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
Great for shutting down apps that like to run in the background. Great thing for the S6 is you can set the home button to greenify and lock the screen by holding the home button for 2 seconds.
titanium backup, by Titanium Track:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
I personally dont like titanium back up. and SD Maid does everything Titanium back up does and more all in one app for less money.
flashfire, by Chainfire: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.flash
This is a new app for me, I have started using it for flashing on my S6 Edge, but never used it before that. It is a great app, and a necessity for us s6 users with locked bootloaders.
better battery stats, by Sven Knipsel: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
No free or trial version so I have never tried the app. It looks like a useful app, but no better than the Gsam, and gsam is free.
adaway, by sufficientlysecure: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934553157
Adaway is a necessity for all root users! it does what it says and makes the ads go away. I didnt include it in my origional post because I was going to stick with Play store apps but it is more than worth of the list.
To add another useful app, is another app store, fdroid. https://f-droid.org/
Fdroid offers some apps that the play store wont allow such as adawy. I have never had or heard of any malware issues using Fdroid, but I dont see alot of people talking about it around here.
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better batt stats has a free xda version
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I wanted to ask if is there a way to limit battery ussage of the settings app on my S20 phone using a certain command on android emulator. I wanted to do this because the settings app is running on background and using way too much battery, especially since the last Android 11 update . I have used the emulator to disable and delete certain apps ,but I found it hard to disable the settings app since its actually very useful. Seems ironic.