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Google Services eating up data usagge

hello,
the last month i've notice that the Google Services have been eating up my data usage, more than 200mb per month in background data, does anyone know why this happen?
Thanks!

alvespt said:
hello,
the last month i've notice that the Google Services have been eating up my data usage, more than 200mb per month in background data, does anyone know why this happen?
Thanks!
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Looks like contacts, bookmarks, accounts, etc.
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Um, that shows less than 2mb used. If you are actually having issues, turn off Google + and other services' sync functionality in settings.
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i dont have google+ on, can it be any of these:
- sync/backup of google info
- android market
??? thanks

alvespt said:
i dont have google+ on, can it be any of these:
- sync/backup of google info
- android market
??? thanks
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Is the posted image indicative of your data usage? 2mb over 10 days doesn't seem like there is any problem at all. If you want 0, then turn off auto sync completely in settings -> accounts & Sync

Tubes6al4v said:
Is the posted image indicative of your data usage? 2mb over 10 days doesn't seem like there is any problem at all. If you want 0, then turn off auto sync completely in settings -> accounts & Sync
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The image was mine....to show what the Google services says when clicked as an example of what it is using data for.
He said 200mb in a month....sounds like he has a lot of contacts synced, maybe a lot of other data being synced also (settings etc from what the app looks like it would be used for.)
Edit: just thought of this....how often do you use network location (checkin services, GPS, maps, etc.)?
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Not a lot like 2 per week, the problem is that the log doesnt specify which google service is using...
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Ok I think I found the problem the sync of Google pictures
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alvespt said:
Ok I think I found the problem the sync of Google pictures
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same problem for me, 100 MB in 1 night.
Data usage monitor in ICS is fantastic: you can analyze all the past by moving the 2 rulers!
About the solution, please share.
I have picture sync only wifi, can it be a late bug?
In case I stopped the syncing, will see what happens
PS many in this thread have been mislead by your picture, I will upload one (once the problem is solved)

System Update Uses Mobile Data
Hey Guys,
I had the same problem last night - I got a Data Usage warning because Google Services started downloading the Latest System Update!
I guess there's no option to "allow an update over WiFi" Only ... THANKS GOOGLE! - LET ME CHOOSE IF I WANT YOUR UPDATE OR NOT ... idiots...
Anyways, to fix it:
Disable Background data for Google Services completely (Settings -> Data Usage -> Google Services -> Restrict Background Data)
Then go find a WiFi hotspot and re-enable it so you can get your System update.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
C.

hi guys since last two weeks im experiencing that google services is using about 100mb per HOUR that is shocking ,this dint happen before .I used to have background data services active ,google facebook news twitter sync active all the time even then it used to be hardly 40-50 mb a day.now i have switched the background data off ,but its of no use as the 3g signal bar grays out and I dont get any push messages or alerts ,and when Iam back home the mobile leeches on to my wifi and consumes approx 1GB data a day.out of which 95% is used my google services and 5% by Facebook twitter whatsapp news weather and other heavy widgets and apps.
so i assume there is some issue with google services in my mobile as contact bookmark sync cannot use 900mb (approx) a day .
Im on 4.2.1 , two things, also around two weeks back I had reinstalled the ROM ,dont know how a reinstall can cause a problem and when i goto settings>apps>running apps i can see maps running in background( dont know if its a default thing) even though I have switched off the location access etc and did not use maps since this problem started .
plz help

Did you solve this problem please? i have the exact same issue :|
jehdesai said:
hi guys since last two weeks im experiencing that google services is using about 100mb per HOUR that is shocking ,this dint happen before .I used to have background data services active ,google facebook news twitter sync active all the time even then it used to be hardly 40-50 mb a day.now i have switched the background data off ,but its of no use as the 3g signal bar grays out and I dont get any push messages or alerts ,and when Iam back home the mobile leeches on to my wifi and consumes approx 1GB data a day.out of which 95% is used my google services and 5% by Facebook twitter whatsapp news weather and other heavy widgets and apps.
so i assume there is some issue with google services in my mobile as contact bookmark sync cannot use 900mb (approx) a day .
Im on 4.2.1 , two things, also around two weeks back I had reinstalled the ROM ,dont know how a reinstall can cause a problem and when i goto settings>apps>running apps i can see maps running in background( dont know if its a default thing) even though I have switched off the location access etc and did not use maps since this problem started .
plz help
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same problem here... 1GB overnight.. i'll research in it tonight. but i dont think its the updated cuz i'm on slimROM which doesnt update unless i flash an update through cwm.

You can't turn off background data for certain apps?

It is happening to me too, started 3 days ago.
I'm adding some screenshots about it.
These threads [1], [2] talk about the OTA for 4.3 being downloaded by the Google Services app.
Maybe disabling the receiver for the update received as this guy comments [3] may solve the problems.
However, in my personal case I think updating the phone is always a good thing, and 4.3 should come with the Master Key bug fixed, so it's worth a try updating anyway :good:
Cheers!
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[1]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383691
[2]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387514
[3]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44217744&postcount=2576

Same for me
From the 31st August which was yesterday until today the 1st September Google Services used 472MB.
I have no explanation for that as I do not think that it is a ROM update OTA. I am using Cyanogen Mod.
Does anyone have another idea? I disabled Google Now completely now as I thought maybe that is the problem. It was exactly the same last month...same time period. Something seems to happen between the last days of a month and the first one or two days of the new month :-/

Hi,
same problem here...got data warning sms after google downloaded approx. 180mb over night on JellyBear 4.3.3
Now I'm on CM hoping that crap doesnt happen again.

[Q] Getting "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error in Google Play store after updating to 4.2.2

[Q] Getting "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error in Google Play store after updating to 4.2.2
Hey all.
So finally got the OTA update to 4.2.2 last night, but now im getting a "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error every time i try to update or install any apps via the Google Play Store. Now i have seen some people with the same problem that say that it will just fix itself. I have also seen other people that say that deleting and re-adding your Google account to the device will work. Problem is, I don't have the option to delete my Google account. The only option i have is "Sync now", no "Remove account" options like all the other linked accounts.
So, really, i guess i have 2 questions:
1. Does anyone know of a sure fire way to fix the "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error?
2. Does anyone know of a way that i can remove my Google account so i can re-add it?
Thanks!!!

Re: [Q] Getting "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error in Google Play store after updating to 4.2.2
Have you tried to delete market data and reboot?
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eqjunkie829 said:
Have you tried to delete market data and reboot?
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Yeah. that was one of the original options that i found, but i had no luck with that one either. Thanks for the quick response!

Re: [Q] Getting "RPC:S-5:AEC-0" error in Google Play store after updating to 4.2.2
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To remove the Google account you need to be in the list of apps and then select the menu item to remove account.
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This is more common than you'd think....just remove your Google account under settings and re-add the Google account works like a charm

eqjunkie829 said:
To remove the Google account you need to be in the list of apps and then select the menu item to remove account.
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For some reason i dont have the " Remove Account" option. Ideas?

GOT IT! Had to go into the "Accounts" option in my Contacts section and there i was able to delete and re-enter the account! thanks for all the help everybody! Greatly appreciated! Drinks are on me!

Hi,
I also have this [RPC:S-5:AEC-0] error for weeks now, and I can't solve it. I've exchanged emails with google support, but with no solution found. What I've tried so far:
- Removing and re-adding the google account
- Adding a second account, removing the first one, re-adding the first one, removing the second;
- clear data and cache from Google Services Framework, Download manager; Play store, in several different combinations (only data, only cache, cache then data, data then cache, reboot, no reboot, etc...)
- Factory reset my Nexus - yes, I went that far, with no result.
Anyone with new ideas? Thanks.

rduraoc said:
Hi,
I also have this [RPC:S-5:AEC-0] error for weeks now, and I can't solve it. I've exchanged emails with google support, but with no solution found. What I've tried so far:
- Removing and re-adding the google account
- Adding a second account, removing the first one, re-adding the first one, removing the second;
- clear data and cache from Google Services Framework, Download manager; Play store, in several different combinations (only data, only cache, cache then data, data then cache, reboot, no reboot, etc...)
- Factory reset my Nexus - yes, I went that far, with no result.
Anyone with new ideas? Thanks.
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Removing and re-adding the account was the only thing that was able to work for me. I dont know where you are trying that from, but give it a shot from the "account" options in the "Contacts" section of the phone. that was the only way it worked for me.

That also didn't work, but thanks for the tip. Still going desperate...

Tried everything...no luck
rduraoc said:
That also didn't work, but thanks for the tip. Still going desperate...
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Same boat as you with the "rpc:s-5:AEC-0" error when viewing my apps for about a week or so now. Wanted to post in this thread as it was first result for "rpc:s-5:AEC-0" in Google and had comments about trying everything with no luck.
I'm running JellyBeans 13 ROM and just came from an older version of CleanRom with the same issue. I've tried everything listed below. Also want to note I was on version 3.?.? of Google Play in CleanRom and JellyBeans flashes 4.0.25 My issue from CleanRom was that none of my apps would update...they would error out when i tried to update all. I fixed that particular issue by "clearing data" and "force closing" Google play under application management. From there though... which I don't know if it was like this before or after I just did that but I noticed the "rpc:s-5:AEC-0" error when viewing my apps right after.
Tried everythign in the below sites with every varying combination possible.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ta...ing-information-server-rpc-s-5-aec-0-a-6.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2161864
http://matthill.eu/android/google-play-error-rpcs5aec0/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go1VGAHBhrk
I
Removed my Google accounts (all accounts in fact..skype, linkedin, facebook, etc) via accounts under system menu AND once via contacts menu.
Wiped data from Google Play store, Google services framework and Google Play service in every combination possible. I also wiped dalvik cache and cache between a few of these attempts as well.
Cleanly Flashed JellyBeans 13 ROM (and damn its nice. highly recommended with Perseus kernel)
Uninstalled 4.0.25 via titanium backup, reboot, dalvik cache/cache wipe and installed 3.10.14 with no luck. Just installed 4.0.25 again and having the same issue.
Also I've been checking Google play on my desktop throughout this entire ordeal with the account that has all my purchase and its been saying "We're sorry, there was an error. Please try again later." when clicking my apps.....no issues looking at my videos or my music.
Cannot repurchase old apps. States "an error occurred while processing your purchase. please try again later' as well as "this purchase can not be refunded because you have previously bought this item"
I can purchase new apps no problem. And when I restore paid apps via Titanium back up they work and are recognized in the market as installed and paid for.
A few questions and opinions for posters
You said you have been emailing Google support about it. What are they telling you or having you try?
What happened before or when you noticed this? How long...as in maybe a Google side issue?
What does your Google play account say when viewing my apps via desktop browser?
Are you on a custom ROM or made any changes at all to your market settings?
What version of Google play are you running?
It seems from what I've read and with everything I've tried it could very well be on Google's end and how they identify your gmail or some associated account ID. I've read people fixing the "rpc:s-5:AEC-0" issue by restoring their previously fond ID when prompted in Titanium backup. But I found no such previous ID to backup to within TB....and never hear if they cannot view their apps via desktop browser similar to my issue.
If it was fixed by simply removing and re-adding accounts for you....it's like something triggered or matched correctly on Google's end to make the proper association. Or not. At a loss at this point.

Trying to answer all your questions:
- I've had this problem for over a month now;
- Google support says they know of the problem, and are passing all the info to their engineers, sorry about everything, etc...
- Stock, locked, unrooted maguro running 4.2.2 (rooted sometime before 4.2.2 was out, back to full stock since then)
- Google play app 3.10.14
- I also get the same error as you when looking as my apps in the desktop browser;
- I can see my purchases if I login to google wallet
- Some apps I cannot install, some I can; I can never update an app directly, have to find the app in a desktop browser and send it to the phone
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And by now, I'm almost sure this is a problem with the account on Google side - not with the app, not with the device. I have a Nexus 7 (4.2.2) with two users, and on my side I get this error, on the other user there is no issue...

I HAVE GOT THE ANSWER!!!!
This error happens if you are logged in with your Google ID on an android device, then you log in again with the same Google account on another device, BUT the time zone setting is different. This may happen if you just bought a cheap Chinese tablet, smartphone etc. and added your Google account in Settings, BUT missed to set your correct time zone (by replacing the default Beijing Time).
AS SIMPLE AS THAT! :laugh:
Got it?
If yes, just hit the Thanks! button.

Mazarin07 said:
I HAVE GOT THE ANSWER!!!!
This error happens if you are logged in with your Google ID on an android device, then you log in again with the same Google account on another device, BUT the time zone setting is different. This may happen if you just bought a cheap Chinese tablet, smartphone etc. and added your Google account in Settings, BUT missed to set your correct time zone (by replacing the default Beijing Time).
AS SIMPLE AS THAT! :laugh:
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If yes, just hit the Thanks! button.
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I don't think I have ever done that, but anyway, that would be the cause - what is the solution? And FYI, I got a message from Google saying this is now "Known Issue #7582577".

You aren't alone. I worked with Google on this issue and after 6 weeks they sent me an e-mail with a link to their known issues page. I have 3 devices and they are all doing the same thing. Can't access any of the over $100 worth of apps. This is very frustrating. Also, I tried checking the time zones and they are all set to Central Time.
rduraoc said:
Trying to answer all your questions:
- I've had this problem for over a month now;
- Google support says they know of the problem, and are passing all the info to their engineers, sorry about everything, etc...
- Stock, locked, unrooted maguro running 4.2.2 (rooted sometime before 4.2.2 was out, back to full stock since then)
- Google play app 3.10.14
- I also get the same error as you when looking as my apps in the desktop browser;
- I can see my purchases if I login to google wallet
- Some apps I cannot install, some I can; I can never update an app directly, have to find the app in a desktop browser and send it to the phone
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And by now, I'm almost sure this is a problem with the account on Google side - not with the app, not with the device. I have a Nexus 7 (4.2.2) with two users, and on my side I get this error, on the other user there is no issue...
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I don't have 100$ of apps, but am also frustrated for not having access to the apps I paid for. And now I'm weary of buying new apps (sometimes I don't get the error and can reach the payment phase for new apps), because I don't know what will happen next. One would think that Google would be better at handling the opportunity to get our money...

JamesPumaEnjoi said:
This is more common than you'd think....just remove your Google account under settings and re-add the Google account works like a charm
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Works like a charm indeed. Fixes the problem right away. Thanks. :good:

Hey all,
I got the same problem, tried the removing/readding my account theory and that worked. I noticed that Google Talk stopped itself. Since I don't have an issue anymore, can someone try clearing data/cache/force quit on the Talk app and see if that works before messing with the Google account?

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Hey all,
I got the same problem, tried the removing/readding my account theory and that worked. I noticed that Google Talk stopped itself. Since I don't have an issue anymore, can someone try clearing data/cache/force quit on the Talk app and see if that works before messing with the Google account?
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Tried it, doesn't work. Also tried adding Talk to the group of apps to which I was previously clearing data/cache (play store, download manager, google services framework, google play services), reboot and... still doesn't work.
I've mentioned I have done a factory reset on my GN, and it didn't solve the problem - so it clearing data and cache on whatever won't solve my problem, there is some problem with my account on google side.
Another thing I've been seeing is that I can install and update some apps, but not others. I wonder if this has something to do with the permissions required by the apps...

rduraoc said:
Tried it, doesn't work. Also tried adding Talk to the group of apps to which I was previously clearing data/cache (play store, download manager, google services framework, google play services), reboot and... still doesn't work.
I've mentioned I have done a factory reset on my GN, and it didn't solve the problem - so it clearing data and cache on whatever won't solve my problem, there is some problem with my account on google side.
Another thing I've been seeing is that I can install and update some apps, but not others. I wonder if this has something to do with the permissions required by the apps...
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Alright, thanks for the effort.

Snapchat and playstore not working after (presumably) installing freedom

So two days ago I installed freedom on my phone. I patched minecraft for the skins and then just left it and the next day my friend came over and was using my phone as a hotspot but he couldn't use snapchat. It just wasn't loading anything even though everything else was fine and it worked fine when he connected to my wifi. I then noticed my snapchat wasn't loading anything either so i logged out and that was the last time i've been logged into snapchat for two days now. It just thinks about logging in for ages then tells me it cant reach the servers. The other problem is my playstore won't work. It says check connection and retry instantly and ive tried uninstalling all updates to play store, clearing cache and data etc. Another weird thing is my phone was taking ages to boot up. I removed freedom cus I suspect it has sabotaged my phone but I have no idea what to do about it. I use snapchat a lot and it's really getting to me as this issue makes no damn sense. Sorry for the rushed typing.

Factory reset?
Oh, and anything related to Lucky P****** is a taboo on XDA. The mods are dead serious about it, you might want to edit your post quick.
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Thanks for the reply and I've edited my post now. I have narrowed the issue down to being google play services as snapchat requires that to log in. I tried to remove google play services to reinstall it but it can't actually be removed fully not even with titanium backup so now it's just one big mess. My google account has been removed from my phone and I can't add it back because it just tells me "There was a problem communicating with google play servers". I really don't want to factory reset my phone as I have it rooted etc and it's just a major pain in the arse to get everything back to how I want it so I'm going to just try and sort it out by trying different things.
Edit: I solved it. Went into the hosts file in etc/hosts and commented out the ip for google play services then restarted my phone and that allowed me to log into google play account and everything works fine now. It said my hosts file was last edited at 9 oclock of august 30th so I don;t know what edited it but I feel like it as purposely sabotaged.

I don't know if this might help but i remember i had the same problem (coudn't use play store right after using freedom) on my s3. When you're done with freedom just remember to click on "stop" in the app or play store won't allow you to access it

Crashing system apps

Not sure what has happened (there haven't been any OTA updates), but my device crashes anytime I open things like Phone, Messenger, Contacts, and a few apps that integrate with those services and some that do not. I am on official with no root and changed nothing since my last time using it. Is anyone else having these random issues? Really not wanting to factory reset this thing.

My Fire Phone has the same issue. It start doing it a few weeks ago. It seemed like it was only apps that have some relationship to Contact data. WhatsApp, all contact apps, all phone apps, dialer apps, etc.
I ended up reseting the phone and starting from scratch. The issue seemed to be fixed. Today I use the phone in the morning, and it was fine. I pick it up to use some hours later, and the default launcher (Arrow Launcher) would crash every two seconds. I had to uninstall it from the OS Settings, and then pick another launcher. The other launchers are fine, but it was back to the same old story... opening any app that has a relationship to contacts data crashes.
Did you ever find a solution or a cause?

I never found a solution. My phone is sitting on my desk waiting to be used again. I thought that I would for sure be able to reinstall a non-damaged APK for the contacts application on the fire phone, but I haven't found a way. There has to be a way of fixing this issue without doing a clean install.

How to fix Crashing System Apps on your Amazon Fire Phone
I figured out how to fix this issue with the help of the amazon customer support team. I created a short video on youtube which should be able to help. Video can be found by googling "How to fix Crashing System Apps on your Amazon Fire Phone" or by copying and pasting the following link without quotes "bit.ly/2vSKcYn"

AndroidWelcome said:
My Fire Phone has the same issue. It start doing it a few weeks ago. It seemed like it was only apps that have some relationship to Contact data. WhatsApp, all contact apps, all phone apps, dialer apps, etc.
I ended up reseting the phone and starting from scratch. The issue seemed to be fixed. Today I use the phone in the morning, and it was fine. I pick it up to use some hours later, and the default launcher (Arrow Launcher) would crash every two seconds. I had to uninstall it from the OS Settings, and then pick another launcher. The other launchers are fine, but it was back to the same old story... opening any app that has a relationship to contacts data crashes.
Did you ever find a solution or a cause?
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I figured out how to fix this issue with the help of the amazon customer support team. I created a short video on youtube which should be able to help. Video can be found by googling "How to fix Crashing System Apps on your Amazon Fire Phone" or by copying and pasting the following link without quotes "bit.ly/2vSKcYn"

In the settings menu in manage applications switch to all applications and look for content management services application. Open ot and clear the cache and the data. I think the problem will be solved.

Found a solution ??
Ztcc said:
Not sure what has happened (there haven't been any OTA updates), but my device crashes anytime I open things like Phone, Messenger, Contacts, and a few apps that integrate with those services and some that do not. I am on official with no root and changed nothing since my last time using it. Is anyone else having these random issues? Really not wanting to factory reset this thing.
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Dear... I had same issue....
But finally I have found a crazy solution.... that is "uninstall all Fire Phone Updates" and at the end clear and clear data and force stop " content management services"
Hold power button for at least 40 sec.... after rebooting you phone gonna be fixed...
Sorry for bad English....?
100% smoothly working... let's kick the problems???

Doesn't work. I'm having the exact same issue. Tried all solutions here but they did not work. On the last solution though, how do you uninstall all fire phone updates?? Thanks!

Anyhuman86 said:
Doesn't work. I'm having the exact same issue. Tried all solutions here but they did not work. On the last solution though, how do you uninstall all fire phone updates?? Thanks!
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Dude.. Simply go the settings . Click on application then manage applications, select filter "downloaded".. then you will see system downloaded applications... click on every single system app nd uninstall updates... After all, being system uninstalled updates, again chose filter to "All" then search for "content management services" click on it... do clear cache, clear data, and force stop... now hold power+vol down button for at least 40 seconds... problem fixed

That fix didn't work for me. Anyone else have any ideas?

Maybe it is DIGITS? or iCloud sync?
I had the same problem, and the instructions above did not fix the situation for me, either, at least after just a couple of tries. However, I have 2 Fire Phones, and the other one was fine when I booted it from a month-long (or more) slumber. Then I did a few things to update it a bit and then it was also not fine, so something recent is causing the problem. But I do not know which of the "few things" messed up the 2nd phone. Maybe just being connected to the internet for a few minutes after a new boot from having been off for a while. I did not try to fix Phone 2 because clearing the data for Content Management Service will mess up all my app organization, removing them from folders, which is a huge pain to reorganize (well over 100 apps).
UPDATE: I shortened my long post. I had suspected either T-Mobile DIGITS or iCloud CardDav sync issue, or some other process that writes to the content management cache/data with each boot (since those processes launch with each boot), which I thought was why the fix did not immediately work on my phone. But now I think I figured it out. I made a new post since I can't edit the title of this one. But neither DIGITS nor iCloud was causing the issue. Sorry for so many "trouble-shooting" posts. I was thinking maybe others with crashes are using the same apps I suspected.

Android bug is the issue; need to delete a few apps
I think I figured out one issue which can cause this problem, which is not really a Fire Phone problem but an Android problem, at least with older version of Android and its Fire OS derivative. If you google the issue without restricting to Fire Phone, you'll see this is a common problem.
The issue is having too many apps installed -- even if you have plenty of space for them. I'm going from memory (too lazy to search again) but it seems android has a numbering system for the services within apps, but the numbering system has finite available numbers, so if you have too many apps (say, over 100 like I did), especially ones that use numerous services (and therefore numerous spots within the numbering system), then the OS can't handle that. So the solution is to delete some of your apps. Some apps will have a bigger impact than others.
So, this was the reason why one of the earlier posters said it fixed the issue when deleting "updates" to system apps. These updates are usually new installs that are used instead of the app that came with the phone which is "inactivated," so they take up spots within the numbering system just like any new install. But it actually does not matter which particular app you delete, so just delete ones you don't use.
Also, this was the reason why my Fire Phone 2, like my Fire Phone 1, went bad shortly after I booted it and did some stuff to it. That stuff was to "sync" my setup with Fire Phone 1, since I keep the two almost the same. I install almost the same apps and organize them the same way, so if a phone breaks or I don't have time to charge the battery, I can just swap in my SIM to a working phone and it is up-to-date and ready to go. Perfect backup system. But this means they were both similarly maxed out with apps, and when I added a few more to Phone 2, it developed the same issue. I believe I updated Outlook from Amazon App Store, and OneDrive from Google Play Store (I think I had installed OneDrive from Amazon store but it is no longer available there). And I added a couple of other apps in addition, like Microsoft Translator; nothing with contact links. So, not major changes.
Problem is, even if you uninstall a bunch of software, you'll still need to clear the data from Content Management Services, following the instructions in the YouTube vid posted earlier. Which is a pain if you have a lot of apps, because you have to organize them fresh.
UPDATE: My issue was not yet really fixed. While trouble shooting, I disabled Contacts Storage, and that actually prevents crashes even before deleting the excess apps. (It then seems to disappear from the list of apps but actually it is there: Need to scroll to the very bottom of the long applications list.) Re-enabling Contacts Storage brings back the crashes. But then I cleared its cash/data and force quit, and cleared just the cache (not data) in Content Management Services, and did the long press on the power button. Now it seems to be fixed.
So, it seems Contacts Storage was an important culprit.
I still love the Fire Phone but I'm stunned at how buggy Android is (or was, back in 4.4).

Maybe a Telegram or Vonage update initiated the problem
I was able to fix my 2nd Fire Phone without clearing data from Content Management Services (I did clear cache and force quit, then long press power). And before that I also cleared Contacts Storage and force quit. This was super nice because I did not have to organize all my apps from scratch.
However, my first try of the above did not fix. I then deleted Telegram and Vonage, and then repeated the above procedures, and now my 2nd phone is fixed too.
I had also deleted Telegram and Vonage from Fire 1 when I was culling apps, so now I'm wondering if one of those was the issue that messed things up. I've had them on my phones for a long time but did recent updates on Google Play Store. I do not use these apps but have them just in case an acquaintance prefers them for messaging, but maybe an initial launch and setup has some associated process launch on each boot.
So now I'm not sure what caused my problem; an app update or too many apps or a combination of the two??
I'm thinking it is not a good idea to install calling apps on the Fire. It had its own version of Skype and so maybe calling apps need to be somehow adjusted for Fire OS. (And Skype on Fire Phone is no longer officially supported, even though Android 4.4 is.)
UPDATE: Reinstalling Telegram does not reproduce the issue. And in addition to Telegram and Vonage, I had removed some other apps. I did not retest with Vonage but Telegram is definitely NOT the issue. At least the version that's in Play Store as of this Edit, which is July 8 2018.

It is Microsoft OneDrive that's causing the issue
I figured out the issue, at least in my case. The newest version of Microsoft OneDrive from Google Play Store is causing the problem. It is version 4.15, from Sept 2017, but I take a while to update apps from Play Store sometimes, and so it wasn't causing an issue until I recently updated it. I can reproduce the issue. The app has other weird problems like its icon disappearing. Also, the version from Amazon App Store no longer shows up (but it tries to "update" my Google Play version since the version numbers don't match). That version now fails to install, so it is probably missing from Amazon servers. Anyway, if I download latest from Google Play, it does not cause the issue until I launch and sign in. Then Contacts and Phone will crash. Then when I first clear all its data and then uninstall, the Phone and Contacts no longer crash. OneDrive permissions includes contacts, so it does something to contacts data that causes Contacts and stuff using it to crash. I hope Microsoft will fix this and put OneDrive back in Amazon Store, because OneNote needs it. I had both OneNote and OneDrive from Play Store because the Amazon App Store versions were both older. But both are now missing when I search the Amazon App Store with my phone. So these Microsoft apps are no good on Fire Phone (and maybe other Fire OS?) for the time being.

It' enough to disable Contact Storage app to stop Dialer from crashing. So now we have dialer with no contacts and history I Hope someone will resolve this issue.

Luca7007 said:
It' enough to disable Contact Storage app to stop Dialer from crashing. So now we have dialer with no contacts and history I Hope someone will resolve this issue.
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I think the issue is in part too many apps for this version of Android, especially bigger ones with numerous processes. AND communication apps from Google Play Store that launch automatically upon reboot and write to contacts.
I finally have both phones working nicely. I just backed up and then deleted a bunch of apps that I was not using. But that alone may not have been my biggest issue. It seems that at least the newest versions of communication apps from Google Play Store cause this problem, even after I had culled my apps. For example Signal seems to have caused the problem, but for some reason only if I was using the CardDav-sync app (to sync my iCloud contacts). Once I uninstalled Signal, all is working fine. I have my contacts synced from iCloud now, and nothing is crashing. So it is not simply a high app count issue, though maybe it is a combination of problems.
Anyway, you do not have to disable Contacts Storage to use your phone. I did not even need to long-press (soft reset) or clear cache for Content Management Services. I just uninstalled Signal, then cleared cache and data for Contacts Storage and then did a regular restart, and the Phone app and Contacts are no longer crashing.

(Q) How can I disable Instant Apps for Android

Like the title says, I've noticed since updating to 7.1.2 at least 2-3 times a day I am thrown a notification for "updating Instant Apps" but it never tells me if it was updated or installed. I tried going to Settings -> Google -> Instant Apps and it is disabled yet these apps are auto-downloading and installing in the background. I have auto-updates off on the play store but this still occurs.
Is there anything I can do to disable or at least cripple the instant apps? I'm reading the purpose of instant apps is so you can try an application without installing it, I do not want to test drive apps like Buzzfeed so however I can disable it would be great

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Like the title says, I've noticed since updating to 7.1.2 at least 2-3 times a day I am thrown a notification for "updating Instant Apps" but it never tells me if it was updated or installed. I tried going to Settings -> Google -> Instant Apps and it is disabled yet these apps are auto-downloading and installing in the background. I have auto-updates off on the play store but this still occurs.
Is there anything I can do to disable or at least cripple the instant apps? I'm reading the purpose of instant apps is so you can try an application without installing it, I do not want to test drive apps like Buzzfeed so however I can disable it would be great
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So, using Titanium Backup I couldn't find the package com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor but using a root explorer I found the application in /data/app/com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor-2
I also found saved data in /data/data/com.google.android.apps.instantapps.supervisor
I have no idea if this will prevent the service from auto-updating as it has been without permission but I know where it is now...
Update: Deleting both folders causing settings to crash when you go to Settings -> Google -> Instant apps, so it might be deleted off my phone entirely. I will update if I see the application re-install itself

Instant apps are temporary apps. So you can't uninstall them or disable it. It's a feature built into Android that is not going away. Your only option is to install a rom without Gapps. Otherwise deal with it.
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Instant apps are temporary apps. So you can't uninstall them or disable it. It's a feature built into Android that is not going away. Your only option is to install a rom without Gapps. Otherwise deal with it.
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deleting those two files seemed to have broken that feature.
My issue was that I disabled that service through settings as suggested by one of the google support pages but it would still download and install "Instant Apps" the service throughout the day, not the actual temporary apps themselves. So it's been dealt with lol

oh man, when i saw this i thought i had a virus on my phone.
especially when i couldn't find anything named "instant apps" in the app drawer

I am hoping that this will work for me as well. The first time I saw the instant apps pop up I just connected to a free wifi in Mexico and freaked out. This seriously bothers me. I uninstalled it and it came back update after update. I also will not be using any instant apps, so this is something I want to break.

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I am hoping that this will work for me as well. The first time I saw the instant apps pop up I just connected to a free wifi in Mexico and freaked out. This seriously bothers me. I uninstalled it and it came back update after update. I also will not be using any instant apps, so this is something I want to break.
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some how it was pushed back on to my phone. this is not a permanent solution...

so I'm trying to disable this through other means now and I found something interesting? I need someone with more experience to chime in as far as what these* lines* do*.. and where I found it...
so in /data/data/com.google.android.apps.instantapps.supervisor/shared_prefs/phenotypeConfigurations.xml there are these three lines:
<boolean name="Supervisor__enable_instant_apps" value="true" />
<boolean name="Supervisor__disable_url_resolution" value="false" />
<boolean name="TestFeature__enable_test" value="true" />
I flipped the value of these three entries to see if this will disable it. I find it odd that for the first line it was set for "true" when the settings say it's off. I will update again if I see this come back. My coworker had suggested that this may be built in to the Google app itself? Let's see...

so I had to unroot my phone because I forgot to log into snapchat, then re-root after, and Instant Apps was back yet again. The changes I made to the XML file persisted but the app was back.
I think I found a way to remove it entirely. I used Root Explorer, idk what other applications would work for this. So I navigated back to /data/app/com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor-1 and I clicked the base.apk and I had an option to uninstall, I did this then rebooted my phone to see if reboots are why it fixes itself except the entry for Instant Apps has been removed from settings. This appears to permanently remove this feature.

every time I think I fix this it keeps coming back lol, I finally called Google Support and this is the first they are hearing of it. The application re-installed itself at 430-some Mountain Time on it's own, other times it re-installs upon reboot. I'm going to find a way to cripple it if google cant
I recommend calling support to let them know that Instant Apps is enabled even though the switch says it is disabled.

fatapia said:
every time I think I fix this it keeps coming back lol, I finally called Google Support and this is the first they are hearing of it. The application re-installed itself at 430-some Mountain Time on it's own, other times it re-installs upon reboot. I'm going to find a way to cripple it if google cant
I recommend calling support to let them know that Instant Apps is enabled even though the switch says it is disabled.
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I have the same annoyances, "Installig Instant apps" notification appears randomly during the last month, and reading in the logcat they are updates/patches to the new feature, managed by finsky app (Play Store). The most scaring thing is that one time it appeared also during mobile data connection, which is not acceptable (and 800kb background data from Play Store). Google is being too aggressive with it. Why not simply integrate it and update it along with Play Services like the other 1000 google APIs ? !on WIFI!
Thank you for your tests, unfortunately the update process seems to be triggered by Google Play services itself or by Google play store.
I searched for related alarms/wakelocks in Amplify and could only found one wakelock coming from com.google.android.apps.instantapps.supervisor itself: .ExperimentUpdateService. I decided to keep it as this probably isn't the trigger.

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I have the same annoyances, "Installig Instant apps" notification appears randomly during the last month, and reading in the logcat they are updates/patches to the new feature, managed by finsky app (Play Store). The most scaring thing is that one time it appeared also during mobile data connection, which is not acceptable (and 800kb background data from Play Store). Google is being too aggressive with it. Why not simply integrate it and update it along with Play Services like the other 1000 google APIs ? !on WIFI!
Thank you for your tests, unfortunately the update process seems to be triggered by Google Play services itself or by Google play store.
I searched for related alarms/wakelocks in Amplify and could only found one wakelock coming from com.google.android.apps.instantapps.supervisor itself: .ExperimentUpdateService. I decided to keep it as this probably isn't the trigger.
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yeah that's now my only worrisome complaint is that it ignores the play store settings and will download over any network connection. You can try submitting feedback through settings and suggest they fix this part so that it updates as you said. Thanks for the additional info, I'll try disabling that and report back if it makes any difference. I doubt that's the source of the problem though so I uninstall the apk so something else must be initiating it.

Thank you guys for this thread! I have the regular Pixel and have been seeing this happen... "Instant Apps" was disabled but somehow still updating either itself or something else, and I wondered if there was an additional switch somewhere to disable it. Looks like the answer is no. ?
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So I noticed every time the play store found an update, magically Instant Apps was back. I began to notice that this may be a service built into Play Store and not the Google app itself. So I had an idea, I went into Settings for Android and turned off background data for Play services. Obviously this will affect quite a bit, but honestly I am at that point from fighting this feature that I'd gladly give that up. So far after 2 days I have not seen the application re-install itself. It has been more permanent that the other solutions I've had so far.
There's an article from XDA in Analysis and Opinion talking about Instant Apps and Play Store 7.8.15, apparently this issue is affecting people all the way down to the Samsung S5... although people are hesistant to believe this issue exists for whatever reason.

You can cripple it by restricting its access to internet via firewall. Unfortunately this method also drives up battery consumption as the firewall does jujitsu with "Google Play services for Instant Apps" - I am actively fantasizing about taking my baby sledge to this thing and going back to a "dumb"-phone that doesn't have all this drama constantly! I'm using an S5 right now. This is definitely a google thing. They have a similar self-install-without-asking "feature" on windows via their chrome browser. Just look up "SwReporter" in that program's directory. It self-populates with an executable as you use chrome normally and there is no option in the program for it to not do that. You can safely make a shortcut to that directory and empty it out regularly to restrict its functionality which is presumably for keeping an eye on you. I am also trying an alternate method of changing security to prevent write access to that directory. I have no idea how to do that on an unrooted android. Any ideas? And does anybody know how to cripple "instant apps" malware/spyware backdoor "feature" on an unrooted device without eating battery like crazy?

Today I noticed that Instant Apps was installing without my permission. When I clicked on that notification, it brought me to the Google Play Store. (In Google Play Store, I have auto updates disabled.) I have an unrooted Galaxy Note 4 and I can't even find the settings for Instant Apps under the Google settings. Why aren't the settings there? I found the app in the Apps settings called "Google Play services for Instant Apps" (thank you G1A). I cleared it's the cache and data and then uninstalled it. So I'm assuming it will not come back but you never know.
EDIT: Well the "Google Play services for Instant Apps" reinstalled itself AGAIN WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. Getting sick of tired of Google's POMPOUS business ethics.

If it reinstalled itself.... then his would require root privileges in order to disable.

yeah this issue is annoying, it seems to initiate the download upon every reboot and each time it checks the play store for updates for any of your apps.
I found a way to disable it but it required freezing the app through Titanium Backup. I have NO CLUE why I couldn't see Instant Apps before in this list but it is listed as "Google Play Services for Instant Apps." It does not re-install or try to even download, does not show in Settings under Google, but if you look at the app itself in settings you will see it does still run. I am not sure to what extent but yeeeaahhh at least it doesnt seem like it can run anything

No problem As an update, changing security permissions (specifically for writing) for chrome's target folder Definitely (in windows 10) serves as an effective measure to blockade its ability to regenerate itself. This same method also works for microsoft edge located in the C-Windows-SystemApps folder. I presume that the programming methods would be analogous with android on google's end. Anybody know how to restrict write access to a folder on android? So long as it checks for a folder existing and it does exist (multi-decade programming approach) then it attempts to write to that folder. However, because it's already running in stealth mode (aka background) then it will never show an error message when it fails to execute, and it won't report back either, as that functionality depends on the contents of the targeted folder it is denied access to. It should be effectively crippled without excessive CPU consumption if you can just restrict its ability to write to the default folder that it installs itself in. Any ideas how to execute this kind of blockade?
UPDATE: As a way to cripple not Instant Apps specifically, but an entire host of functionality on the android platform, something called "Power Saving Mode" seems to knock out a key background runtime required for this pest to run. Unfortunately it doesn't let you pick and choose what it shuts off, so other useful apps may lose their functionality too. Post if anybody finds a more app-specific method!

Does this crap have its own separate package? If so, you could uninstall it and make a dummy APK having the same package name. This could prevent "updates" due to signing key conflicts, but might also break things...