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Gmail push taking upto 15 minutes

Is there something wrong with my set up or is anyone else experiencing email coming upto 15minutes after the sent time, I thought gmail push was ment to be almost instant as it's pushed out to you.
Anything I can check?
I'm on stock 2.2 btw. thanks

Try restart the phone

i have this problem too lol
no idea how to fix at this point, tried everything

Yep, sadly I've always had the same issue as well (I'm on T-Mobile in the U.S).
I've given up on the Gmail push, the app is so ugly anyway. The mobile gmail website looks soo much better, I just put a shortcut to it on my main homescreen and it's just a tap away to check whenever I need to.

Are you logged into Google talk? I believe that the pushes happen through that. That was back in 1.6 when I found that out though and maybe it has changed since.
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The push should definitely work even if you're not logged into Google Talk, at least it has always done that for me on 2.1 on my old N1 (no longer have it).

How can I remove Phone and cell from NC

Running CM7.0.3 from SD card. When I go to applications battery use I see cell standby and phone idle using major battery resources. As the NC isn't used as a phone is their anyway to remove these apps that are running or at least shut them down?

GTT1 said:
Running CM7.0.3 from SD card. When I go to applications battery use I see cell standby and phone idle using major battery resources. As the NC isn't used as a phone is their anyway to remove these apps that are running or at least shut them down?
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Something I've been doing for a while is using Root Explorer (well worth the money) to rename any of the system apps I don't want, mostly having to do with phone stuff (I.e. rename Phone.apk to Phone.apk.bak) which disables that until I rename it back to .apk. now there's no cell standby or phone idle in battery usage! You can also rename things like Telephonyservice.apk and Voicedialer.apk. all these can be found under system/app. Hope that helps!
Edit: Oh, and when you rename Phone.apk it'll go into a force close loop until you reboot. Just hold down the power button till it turns off, then turn it back on, and you'll be good to go!
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If I purchase root explorer and use market to download will I lose this app and need to repurchase it if I decide to completely start fresh like I just did with CM7.0.3. I had to download all my apps again from market. They were free apps so not a big deal.
Is it possible to save a purchased app and use again?

Your purchased apps should be tied to your market (google) account and are therefore saved there and not on the device itself. If I understood what you were asking.

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Your purchased apps should be tied to your market (google) account and are therefore saved there and not on the device itself. If I understood what you were asking.
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Yep, if you purchase an app, it will always be saved in "my apps" for easy redownload, no matter what rom you're running.
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seth.i.simmons said:
Yep, if you purchase an app, it will always be saved in "my apps" for easy redownload, no matter what rom you're running.
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.... Or what device you are using (i.e. if I purchase an app it is available for DL on my nook and hero.)

Theres been much discussion, there are 2 schools of thought, but many believe disabling or deleting these apk's do not effect battery usage at all. (make sure you dont delete them just rename them to .old)

john10101 said:
Theres been much discussion, there are 2 schools of thought, but many believe disabling or deleting these apk's do not effect battery usage at all. (make sure you dont delete them just rename them to .old)
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I have a question about this (as I have yet to try it out myself). If I rename these files, do I have to do it again each time I install a new rom (or flash an update of a rom)?

john10101 said:
Theres been much discussion, there are 2 schools of thought, but many believe disabling or deleting these apk's do not effect battery usage at all. (make sure you dont delete them just rename them to .old)
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Should be easy to tell just go to applications/battery usage and see if cell and phone are consuming, if they are then something is still active even if the apps are not available.

A better option is to Install Titanium Backup(Which you should have anyway) and then find the Phone Apps and "Freeze" them. Much better idea then Renaming.
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A better option is to Install Titanium Backup(Which you should have anyway) and then find the Phone Apps and "Freeze" them. Much better idea then Renaming.
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You can do that with most of the apps, but NOT with Phone.apk, the main one responsible for "cell standby". For me it does take away cell standby and phone idle from battery usage.
And yes, sadly you do have to redo it when installing a new rom, since it reinstalls the system apps.
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So anyone have a good list of known Apps that can be renamed/frozen that won't impact tablet performance and *could* potentially lead to better battery life?
Oh and I renamed the apps you (Seth) listed on the first page but Phone Idle and Cell Standby still show in the Battery Usage display. Is this just because they were there and in use in the past and will eventually fall off? I renamed these apps to *.old

A better option is to Install Titanium Backup(Which you should have anyway) and then find the Phone Apps and "Freeze" them. Much better idea then Renaming.<br />
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You can do that with most of the apps, but NOT with Phone.apk, the main one responsible for "cell standby". For me it does take away cell standby and phone idle from battery usage.<br />
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And yes, sadly you do have to redo it when installing a new rom, since it reinstalls the system apps.<br />
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Woops, your right. You need Bloat Freezer to Freeze System Apps. It's on sale for 99¢ right now.
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Kadin said:
So anyone have a good list of known Apps that can be renamed/frozen that won't impact tablet performance and *could* potentially lead to better battery life?
Oh and I renamed the apps you (Seth) listed on the first page but Phone Idle and Cell Standby still show in the Battery Usage display. Is this just because they were there and in use in the past and will eventually fall off? I renamed these apps to *.old
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Yeah, you'll probably see those still listed in battery use till you shutdown, I think. Then they should be gone.
Here are all the apps I rename, and why:
Booksphone.apk (I use aldiko)
Browser (I use DolphinHD)
Camera (obvious )
CarHomeGoogle (no idea what this even is)
Email (use gmail)
FileManager (use Astro or Root Explorer)
Gallery3D (use quickpic)
MMS (no use for me)
Music (use audiogalaxy, soon to be Music Beta )
Phone (should clear up "cell standby") )
PicoTts (I don't use TTS ever)
Protips (No use now)
SoundRecorder (No mic )
Talk (don't use it)
TelephonyProvider (no use, may also be a cause of "cell standby" or "phone idle")
TtsService (don't use)
VoiceDialer (again, no mic)
Hope that helps, and I've had no issues so far! Also, I would rename Phone.apk last, since you have to do a hard shutdown.
Edit: obviously, all these are .apk, I just didnt feel like writing it that many times Also, it shouldn't matter what you rename them to, as long as they aren't .apk anymore. I rename as .apk.bak.
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Thanks for the list. I got some stuff to rename and most of them seem pretty obvious.
As to the Phone Idle and Cell Standby, they're still showing after 3 reboots. I'm thinking they're going to still show there for a while because both of them show like 3hr xx min of 'Time On' and the percentage has dropped a couple. I'm not sure where else to see if they're actively in use - they shouldn't be, I renamed and it stuck just like all the rest that no longer show up.

last i heard that while most might think it a worthwhile exercise to rename the files, there is no proof it actually improved battery life
Kadin said:
Thanks for the list. I got some stuff to rename and most of them seem pretty obvious.
As to the Phone Idle and Cell Standby, they're still showing after 3 reboots. I'm thinking they're going to still show there for a while because both of them show like 3hr xx min of 'Time On' and the percentage has dropped a couple. I'm not sure where else to see if they're actively in use - they shouldn't be, I renamed and it stuck just like all the rest that no longer show up.
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Kadin said:
Thanks for the list. I got some stuff to rename and most of them seem pretty obvious.
As to the Phone Idle and Cell Standby, they're still showing after 3 reboots. I'm thinking they're going to still show there for a while because both of them show like 3hr xx min of 'Time On' and the percentage has dropped a couple. I'm not sure where else to see if they're actively in use - they shouldn't be, I renamed and it stuck just like all the rest that no longer show up.
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Hmm, come to think of it, they were there till I installed a new rom. They should go away over time though, sorry for that misinformation! I had just thought a reboot would solve it.
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GTT1 said:
Should be easy to tell just go to applications/battery usage and see if cell and phone are consuming, if they are then something is still active even if the apps are not available.
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Not as easy as you might think. The OS appears to be reporting legitimate tablet usage using these labels. There is no phone radio to consume battery.

seth.i.simmons said:
You can do that with most of the apps, but NOT with Phone.apk, the main one responsible for "cell standby". For me it does take away cell standby and phone idle from battery usage.
And yes, sadly you do have to redo it when installing a new rom, since it reinstalls the system apps.
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Thank you, Seth, - are you saying that phone.apk does need to be renamed because Titanium backup will not freeze it ?

I used root explorer and renamed phone.apk. I got continual force close notifications so I had to do a hard shutdown. It came back on and I went back to root explorer and phone.apk was back as normal.Phone.apk doesn't even show up in titanium backup.
Second time trying to rename and reboot and it stuck.
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*backup* (Android System) - eating up my battery; what is it?

Check out the attached screen shot. That's from Better Battery Stats. Whatever it is, it's eating up my battery. Battery life has been half what it used to be. Any idea what *backup* is and how to keep it from running all the time?
Also, I installed Nitrodesk Touchdown and used it for email on my exchange account for awhile, but it didn't improve the email delay issue so I reduced it from push email to polling once every 24 hrs., but it's still running a lot. Any idea how to reduce that?

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Check out the attached screen shot. That's from Better Battery Stats. Whatever it is, it's eating up my battery. Battery life has been half what it used to be. Any idea what *backup* is and how to keep it from running all the time?
Also, I installed Nitrodesk Touchdown and used it for email on my exchange account for awhile, but it didn't improve the email delay issue so I reduced it from push email to polling once every 24 hrs., but it's still running a lot. Any idea how to reduce that?
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You may have enable option 'Keep backup of android device' while adding google account, just disable it

Thanks, that was it. I disabled it and froze Nitrodesk Touchdown, and my battery life shot up. Like 35 hours instead of 15.

I have the same issue on my I9100. How can I disable the backup function afterwards?
Edit: Found it

dr.ketan said:
You may have enable option 'Keep backup of android device' while adding google account, just disable it
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where is this setting?

Setting - privacy
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Setting - privacy
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Hah! I love that. It is a setting to send all your passwords to Google, and it is under 'Privacy'!
Luckily I automatically unchecked that when I set up the account. I mean, seriously, rely on their security? What kind of security plan is that for anyone to adopt?

Does the Google backup really use a noticeable amount of battery? I like the convenience of it, but I'd turn it off for better battery life.
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dr.ketan said:
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should i uncheck both options?
Back up my data
Automatic restore
i didnot understand the use of Automatic restore. when we update apps, we get our old data back. if i uncheck this will i lose saved data from older version?
edit: both options were checked for me. i unchecked it immediately. any other such hidden settings i might have missed? hope the battery life increases now.

Once you uncheck first option, other will disable automatically. B'coz if it dont backup your data, there is no question to restore it.
With this unchecking you wont lose anything right now. it is for next use, In case of you hard reset, it will restore some data automatically, in case of you have enable it.
But better you can use titanium backup or mybackup pro to do this n make schedule to backup at desired time. It won't kill your battery by sync all the time.
I never enable this function.

Had this same problem with my S3, unchecked the boxes after reading this. Is the something we can freeze in Titanium backup aswell? All i can see is /system/app/backuprestoreconfirmation
out of 7 hours on time it kept my phone awake for 5 of them! its mental.

Just unchecked the backup option. Note that google doesn't back up you phone constantly, it only happens a few times a month.
But why take chances?

Does this option interfere with the contact back-up from my gmail adress ?

These wakelocks are a major issue in all androids...
I had these wakelocks with my Motorola Milestone (because of WiFi, GPS, ...) and now on the Note with several ROMs. It should not be so easy for a userspace app to raise such a lock ... maybe some developer can write an app that notifies the user if the device does not sleep? And, even better, ask for killing and deinstalling the misbehaving app, if possible, even from the market...

petersteier said:
... maybe some developer can write an app that notifies the user if the device does not sleep? And, even better, ask for killing and deinstalling the misbehaving app, if possible, even from the market...
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There is an app already for that.. I'm not sure if it had been suggested already before but it is called CpuSPy (look for it in google play). What the app simply do is to monitor in the background and constantly you can tap on it and see if your phone is in a very deep sleep or not (it has a bar to determine how much or how little your phone goes into deep sleep). Also you can try to install Betterbatterystat(also from google play) to see which app or apps are causing the wakelocks on your phone. After you've verified those 'misbehaving app/s', then that'll be the time you can uninstall /remove it for yourself. Killing it won't do any good at all, because the moment you restart your phone, the said process/app would simply start back again as well. You need to really uninstall it thru Titanium backup.
On the side note. I don't think there will ever be an app that you can automate to uninstall any 'misbehaving apps' in your phone as Google generally has laws on it, governing some stance that says something to the effect as "no apps can be allowed to violate or remove other apps on the phone automatically". It would still be the user's discretion to manually uninstall those rogue apps by himself on his phone.
Hope that helps a bit.
Cheers!

What does the "data" mean here? Like Titan Backup?
But every time I flashed a new ROM, it seems like I still need to retype my WIFI password and no app data was restored

[Q] Sync not working.

I've tried looking this up and have found no answer so i'm going to post it up on here to see if anyone can help me out.
Just like everyone else was having problems with the latest ATnT update messing up their phone so did I it caused my phone to get stuck in a boot loop and i couldnt find a way to getting out of it so i re-locked the bootloader and ran the RUU on it to return it to the stock kernel and rom.
After doing this i rooted the phone once again and switched back to the custom roms and the same kernel i had before, as soon as i did the update showed up again and i postponed it and went into titanium back up and deleted "com.smithmicro.dm" from there and that stopped the update.(i had seen it in a forum or how to get rid of the update) but now im not receiving notifications from facebook, twitter, or gmail. i have to go into the app myself and refresh it. somehow the Accounts and sync in the settings arent working for me. In the status bar it says its syncing and its shows the circle form by two arrows but it stays on there and never goes away. ive rebooted the phone many times, tunred the sync on and off, and even made sure in every app that the notifications are on.
Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Theres still no syncing going on, its like the push notifications are just not working on my phone at all.
Ive even switched roms a couple of times and i dont get anything from either facebook or twitter.
i think the gmail work periodicly.
Could it be an issues with the kernel?

Something similar happened to me too with the Calendar sync just the other day. I had to go into Settings -> Apps -> All and go to Calendar Storage, force stop, clear data.
Try doing this for all the services that you sync (fb, twitter, gmail, etc). Stop them, clear the data, then reboot. Once your phone boots up, go into Settings -> Account & Sync and force a re-sync. Hopefully you'll be back up and running.

I actually got them to work again randomly, well actually I installed a new Rom again buy instead of restoring everything from titanium backup I just decided to do it myself and it worked.
I wonder if the sync backup was corrupted or something?
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eddied042092 said:
I actually got them to work again randomly, well actually I installed a new Rom again buy instead of restoring everything from titanium backup I just decided to do it myself and it worked.
I wonder if the sync backup was corrupted or something?
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It's possible, but I'd still put my money on the sync data cache being bunkered up. Glad it's working for you again though!

ess.boyer said:
It's possible, but I'd still put my money on the sync data cache being bunkered up. Glad it's working for you again though!
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Thanks again for the advice if it goes wrong again ill try that.
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[Q] Minimoto 1.51 issues

I would love to be posting this in the Minimoto thread, but the forum is not allowing me to...
I installed 1.51 last night with no issues. For the most part, quick and snappy which is what my wife was looking for.
I've run in to two issues thus far.
The first is trying to add a calendar widget. After getting to the calendar selection screen and pressing done, it FC's calendar storage and does
not add the widget. Possible one of the default calendars is dependant on a package not installed?
The second is adding Hotmail using EAS. This one might be me as I didn't get a chance to experiment as the phone vanished from my hands after I finished switching ROMs. There seem to be two options for adding Hotmail. Either "Corp" or "Corp Sync". If I use Corp, it defaults to POP3/IMAP. If I use Corp Sync, EAS is set up correctly but I cannot open up email. I'm thinking Corp Sync is part of Blur and there is a piece not installed. I wasn't able to find a way to change Corp to use push/EAS.
If a kind moderator could move this question to the correct thread, I would greatly appreciate it.

Battery
Hey...firstly thanks to the dev...awesome work here..
ok so my droid seems to be loosing battery faster than expected...alot of guys have posted about amazing battery life but mine seems to be draining alot faster....almost 4-5% per hour...i keep it on flight mode always butstill the battery is draining...pls suggest what to do??

mcaulifn said:
I would love to be posting this in the Minimoto thread, but the forum is not allowing me to...
I installed 1.51 last night with no issues. For the most part, quick and snappy which is what my wife was looking for.
I've run in to two issues thus far.
The first is trying to add a calendar widget. After getting to the calendar selection screen and pressing done, it FC's calendar storage and does
not add the widget. Possible one of the default calendars is dependant on a package not installed?
The second is adding Hotmail using EAS. This one might be me as I didn't get a chance to experiment as the phone vanished from my hands after I finished switching ROMs. There seem to be two options for adding Hotmail. Either "Corp" or "Corp Sync". If I use Corp, it defaults to POP3/IMAP. If I use Corp Sync, EAS is set up correctly but I cannot open up email. I'm thinking Corp Sync is part of Blur and there is a piece not installed. I wasn't able to find a way to change Corp to use push/EAS.
If a kind moderator could move this question to the correct thread, I would greatly appreciate it.
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I do believe the calendar widget only works with the stock blur launcher
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Roland_73 said:
Hey...firstly thanks to the dev...awesome work here..
ok so my droid seems to be loosing battery faster than expected...alot of guys have posted about amazing battery life but mine seems to be draining alot faster....almost 4-5% per hour...i keep it on flight mode always butstill the battery is draining...pls suggest what to do??
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It's probably an app you have.

Endoroid said:
I do believe the calendar widget only works with the stock blur launcher
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Calender widget works for me

An upgrade to 1.61 which has the native calendar app now allows the calendar widget to work properly.

I flashed 1.7 recently and I reinstalled my apps and setup my settings and such. Then when I reboot my phone, everything is wiped like it's a fresh install.
Running safestrap. don't know if that is the problem or not.