Need help figuring out what makes a service run. And killing battery! - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What makes locationfriendservice run. Its under maps when I check settings-->applicstions-->running services.
It is killing my battery. What I have installed is, facebook, couple games, my wallet, pre check out, to calculator, shop savvy, sms backup, ti backup, rom manager, and sms box. Also tweet deck but its not set up!
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rar26 said:
What makes locationfriendservice run. Its under maps when I check settings-->applicstions-->running services.
It is killing my battery. What I have installed is, facebook, couple games, my wallet, pre check out, to calculator, shop savvy, sms backup, ti backup, rom manager, and sms box. Also tweet deck but its not set up!
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I think that belongs to one of the AT&T bloatware apps. Have you uninstalled them?
Edit: Nevermind. A quick Google search tells me that it's from the Google Latitude app.

Thanks for the quick reply.
I think the att bloat was removed with cog. So its with latitude? What can I do to stop it from turning on?
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rar26 said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I think the att bloat was removed with cog. So its with latitude? What can I do to stop it from turning on?
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Uninstall it. Latitude is not from AT&T. It's a Google app.

Will uninstalling latitude do anything to maps, and gps?
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No. Latitude just reports your location for Google's social service.

I had this issue all you need to do is sign out of latitude
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Thanks everyone.now my phone last a while 12hr shift again!
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NC chat apps

I have been looking for a chat application for the nook. Does the market read as one for the tab apps? Cause i can't find aim.
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trillian!
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I use Trillian, Tweetdeck, and Tapatalk.
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Trillian is the way to go.
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+1 for Trillian.
Where did you guys get Trillian from? I don't see it in my Market ...
Even though AIM kinda sucks, I use it for AOL and Facebook usually.
I even tried APP Brain to install it, but not dice.
ADB install it or use Astro or something.... Here's the apk (just got it off my DroidX)...
MkFly said:
Where did you guys get Trillian from? I don't see it in my Market ...
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Bought it from the market.
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I have had a lot of success with meebo. IM+ gave me tons of issues.
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geekyradical said:
I have had a lot of success with meebo. IM+ gave me tons of issues.
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+1 for Meebo.
There's trillian for most chat clients but you should also try kik messenger itsbreally good
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I do like trillian. Almost every protocol. Shrug.
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IMO IM worked great for me. Used it for msn and skype!
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I use meebo. Used to use it for a cloud client till I found imo, but the meebo android client is nice. I tried the trillian beta but it seemed to sip more resources than meebo, but that could just be in my head. on windoze I still use trillian, and I haven't tried it since it became a paid app on android, so it could have improved.

Voice works w/ wifi 3.1 update!!!!

Hey guys I don't know if this is already posted but I'm just letting everyone that doesn't know that it works like it's suppose to
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It does work perfectly but it's odd that it's filtered out of the Market. You still have to side load it.
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can someone post a 3.1 friendly apk here for us then ?
danka
where are you downloading the apk from??
I just downloaded it to my phone and grabbed it for my xoom.
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so your saying google voice installs as long as we sideload it?
This doesn't surprise me, since the issue with Google Voice was the same issue as the Facebook Widget and that works too.
It seems Google relaxed the API a bit with regards to null intents
I just back it up to my drop box.. here's the link if you want to download it
http://db.tt/iQ6wlCy
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so i thought i would be able to get msg's on my tablet and my phone but when i setup my sprint number with gvoice i stop getting msg's on my phone and only get them on gvoice on the tablet
you can also get apps directly on your xoom by downloading from amazon app store. there's a ton of apps that work fine but missing from the market. and you don't have to go through putting the app on your phone then moving to your xoom, and you will get updates.
Yeah, found this out last week. Unfortunately, push notifications are STILL not enabled (you still have to select a polling interval).
kcrudup said:
Yeah, found this out last week. Unfortunately, push notifications are STILL not enabled (you still have to select a polling interval).
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True :-( ... what are u using?
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Dilinkuint said:
what are u using?
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I figured 15mins was the best compromise.
One thing I did was change my Voice Notification E-mail from my default account to my GMail account, which means I at least get instantaneous notifications, but even still that's a hack.
FFS Google- you can't make this whole?!
Confirmed. It works perfectly. Thanks for the heads up.
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Umm' stupid question I'm sure but here goes...
If I install the voice from your dropbox does it replace the Google voice on the xoom? As in no more video calls, or does this just add capability to use the calling features? I'm so confused..
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rj2885 said:
Umm' stupid question I'm sure but here goes...
If I install the voice from your dropbox does it replace the Google voice on the xoom? As in no more video calls, or does this just add capability to use the calling features? I'm so confused..
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I think you are thinking of Google Talk. Google Talk and Google Voice are different apps
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Anyone else getting INSANE battery use from Voice? It's almost up there with the display.
Are u guys saying that you are being able to place calls from your xoom with Google voice?
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yankele said:
Are u guys saying that you are being able to place calls from your xoom with Google voice?
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no..u can't...u can text from it and initiate a call...but it will still have to call your cell phone to make a voice call
bjarnia said:
Anyone else getting INSANE battery use from Voice? It's almost up there with the display.
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Yes I am. Might be the polling interval but I uninstalled it until there is a fix or an official release

Facebook app

Anyone else have this issue? Starting this afternoon my Facebook app launches the browser version of Facebook. It starts the app and acts like its going to load feeds and then opens the browser.
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Opened Facebook app and noticed it's redirecting to m.facebook.com. Maybe something's wrong with the interface servicing the app....
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There's a Themes & Apps subforum for these kids of issues. Please use it.
Yep, same issue for me, starting today. If you read the market reviews, there's dozens of similar complaints, all dated today.
MikeBusch2 said:
Yep, same issue for me, starting today. If you read the market reviews, there's dozens of similar complaints, all dated today.
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Worked ok for me when I tested it. What rom's are you guys running?
I see you found the thread
Same here, I just uninstalled it and re-installed from market and it was fixed
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SMaximus7 said:
Same here, I just uninstalled it and re-installed from market and it was fixed
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Ditto for me. Uninstalled and re-installed fixed it. Hope it stays that way.
I have that same problem. I am running on a stock rom 2.2 from kies update. I am rooted but have not flashed a custom rom yet. I have uninstalled and reinstalled a total of 3 times and still have the problem and yes I did do a reboot after I uninstalled before I reinstalled. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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I think we just need to wait for them to fix the app, sadly. It doesn't seem to be any issue with the phones or corrupted data - it's something in the app itself. With all the people complaining on the market, I'm betting they'll post an update shortly.
I was checking something with this app before I put my phone down for the evening. When I woke up my battery was dead. Check out the pictures, stay awake 7 hours and it was the biggest drain on my battery.
I'll try the uninstall and reinstall to see if it's any different. Cognition 5 beta 2
Use FriendCaster (Pro) and you won't have any more problems.
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I cleared the app data, and it works great now.
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Ditto here as well. I restored the last backup and it worked fine...
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same here, stock 2.2.. clearing the data before reinstalling the app might work.
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Facebook seems to be back to normal for me. I didn't do anything it just seemed to fix itself..
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It was happening in mine but then started working again..I'm on cognition 5.2
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Can't open contacts

Anyone have this issue or know how to fix it. When I try to open up contacts it will send me back to the home screen and says "aab initializing" Never seen this before in any android so I'm kinda lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Nevermind got it. It was caused by freezing the att apps.
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Nevermind got it. It was caused by freezing the att apps.
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Which AT&T app did you need to unfreeze to get contacts to work again?
I'm betting it was contact sync. I used to close that service all the time cause I didn't care if my contacts were being backed up by ATT. Turns out it was controlling my entire contact app.
Yeah it was the contact sync, if I remember correctly. Been so long since I was on the stock rom can't say for sure.
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Maps wake locks are back=(

Does anyone know what I can turn off on maps location settings so that Google Now will still tell me where I am and bring up the same cards (i.e. The weather in the address I'm in, how long it will take to get back home, places to check in, etc.)?
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I am guessing you can use Greenify and hibernate Maps so that it will only work on command.
Greenify all the way.
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And Google Now will work the same?
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And Google Now will work the same?
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Pretty much, yes. Also if you turn off everything under Location, you will not have to worry about that much anymore. There are ways to completely freeze or remove Google Now from your device, just use Google and you'll find many articles regarding this.
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Pretty much, yes. Also if you turn off everything under Location, you will not have to worry about that much anymore. There are ways to completely freeze or remove Google Now from your device, just use Google and you'll find many articles regarding this.
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I don't want to remove Google Now. That's the whole point. I wanna lessen the Maps wake locks but still get the same Google Now functionality.
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Yeah, I misunderstood at the time and I wanted to edit my post but I forgot. As I mentioned, use Greenify and Google Now should work properly.

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