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This may have been addressed, but I've searched and searched. A search of "Activesync" on this forum turns up 17 threads, none of which address this annoyance.
So, is there any way to keep Activesync from randomly starting on the phone, when not actually sync'd? Also, should I even be concerned about it, considering battery drain (activesync running for no reason, possibly draining battery?)
The wife and I both have Tilts, stock roms with a few plug-ins. Her "activesync" seems to turn on more often, for no reason. We've noted that her battery drains faster than mine, though it may be coincidence (both of our devices have essentially the same programs / stuff on them).
It just gets annoying finding Activesync running on the phone when not in use. Can it be set to only come on when needed (actually sync'd), and does it really matter?
Thanks in advance for answers. I swear I've looked guys, I just don't find this addressed here, and I know how annoying it is to answer the same questions over and over.
Yeah, there are at least 2 things that cause Activesync to start automatically. the first obvious one is if you have an Exchange Server account, because it will start to sync with the server. The second is having the Automatic Time Zone update turned on, which is under Settings > Phone > Time Zones. Uncheck the box on that panel and it should stop Activesync from starting (unless there's something else I don't know of that causes it). For what it's worth, I don't think it's that big a battery drain, in comparison to 3G, wifi, GPS, etc. or even just talking on the phone.
Thanks snoogin! We'll try that and see what happens. I know that the time auto update is checked as "on" right now, so that's probably the culprit. I didn't think it would drain the battery that much, but was curious. I'll write back here with my observations on overall battery drain.
Again, thanks!
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I notice my active sync keep running also...i thinking it drained my battery...lol
How does automatic change time zone and clock work? like how does it know where i am at to change??? sorry for the stupid question but just wondering.
len2livewithit, it knows based on your SIM card.
My phone will automatically switch to German time zone when I switch on my cell phone in Munich, same when I come back home.
I think its called GSM SIM data. You can turn it off.
Hello,
Here's too question : First, I've seen, in BetterBatteryStats i think, that you could see how long wifi has been on AND ALSO how long it was working (meaning receiving/sending). Cause the "wifi on" stat is always at 100% even though in advanced options i've set it to sleep after i put the device to sleep.
Second, at every boot in status bar i see "Currently checking media" but i don't understand that, since this is internal memory, and since the system has started already, why the hell it's doing this before loading everything? And also it takes at least 5-10seconds before it's starting doing it... All that take more than 20seconds...
Last thing, i saw in Android battery usage "Wifi sharing", what is that exactly?
Thanks!
In order:
The WiFi sleep seems to work intermittently. I stopped using that and use Llama to turn off my WiFi 1 minute after screen off. Tasker will be able to do this too, I believe. It works very well, and I can even set it not to turn off if certain apps are running, like Internet radio.
Media checking is something that happens. It is a good thing. It gets lists of all media files so you do not have to search when loading most apps. If charging while off, I normally leave the Note plugged in until all searches are done, and then another minute or two to reach 100% battery when I boot.
WiFi sharing is a leech on your battery, unless you happen to want to share your WiFi. It was one of the first items I blocked once I rooted the phone. You need Root to block, disable or remove this.
Thanks for all that, but there're things i don't get : 1/ Are you saying that "turn after screen's off option" is useless/defective? And why you tell me to use tasker (not free) if Llama (free) can do the job? 2/ Do not have to search what? And why telling you keep the note plugged 2min after Media Checking? 3/ Wifi Sharing app (the trouble maker) is not android tether function, right? If so, in which app does it share wifi? As said, i tried to freeze it with Titanium but it kept loading. I don't like Freeze with Anttek cause there's still an icon app in my Folder Organizer widget (which list all apps icon on a screen).
PS: I really wanna find back the app where was displyed the info i mentionned in 1st post (see when wifi's working and not just when it's on)
1. Yes, I think the WiFi sleep function is defective. Just my view. Llama does the job much better, which is why I suggest it. It does a great deal more too, which is also why I suggest it.
2. The media search operation is searching for all media. This is music, photos and videos (not sure what else, if anything). Once completed applications do not have to look at your SD card every time they open to search for media. This makes the apps faster and saves battery. Ignore the rest of what I said.
3. I do not know if WiFi sharing is the Tether function. It certainly seems like it could be. If it is frozen by Titanium it should not be starting. I have no idea why it does.
Hello there
I am using ViperOne 1.2.1 and loving it so far. I am aware that when the device goes to sleep, Mobile Data goes to sleep as well (or is turned off, w.e you want to call it). When I wake the device up, I immediately go to Google Chrome to test if Data reconnected and it works fine. I then go to WhatsApp and unfortunately it's basically disconnected - I test by going to any chat and waiting for the "Last seen today @.." message on top; it also takes a long time to reconnect.. well, truthfully, it's not very long but it's about 1 - 2 minutes, it's just frustrating because I know my Mobile Data is working fine.
I have two questions:
1) I Googled and I came across an article saying that WhatsApp automatically tries to connect every five minutes, so is it possible to change that interval to something less? I couldn't find anything under settings.
2) Is there any chance that I keep Mobile Data connected even when the devices goes to sleep? I tried looking under settings and developer options but I couldn't find anything.
Thank you!
http://tomhorsley.com/rants/doze-mode.html
I'm definitely reverting back to 5.1.1 when I get the time and energy to fool with it .
sounds like that was written by someone who hasn't even tried marshmallow yet. I have yet to experience any missed notifications, alarms or any issues relating to time in any way. If some apps are being affected by this then its a sign to the developer to fix their ****ty code because all of my apps relating to time at all have been working just fine and alot of them are still the same version they were on lollipop. Doze has improved my batter significantly. It sounds like this article was probably written by a developer who cant code properly and instead of improving his skills he'd rather complain and convince everyone to stay away from updates because he is unwilling to evolve. Even the article looks like it was written in paint...
I had indeed a wrong time bug some days ago...really strange and worrying, a reboot fixed it. First time ever since Android Froyo that I experienced something like that.
That author seems to think that Marshmallow's Doze is a horrible thing that breaks all apps that rely on background services, namely alarms and notifications, and couldn't possibly be fixed in 10 years (rather than a few months) due to Google's horrible mistake (rather than devs not fixing their code).
Frankly, it sounds like a bunch of hyperbole.
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He's wrong about how doze works. And if he's in the camp that doesn't understand it nor wants to rewrite his app. Then yeh he's the idiot group that Google is targeting and was writing garbage code anyway.
lol complete nonsense, my alarm has worked everyday since i flashed M, even on dev previews...the only issues i have with M are really the "slow to connect wifi when using toggles" and the weird wifi consumption on battery stats
Another annoying issue on M is that if your leave your phone longer in standby mode (display off), wifi turns off and you stop recieving notifications until you turn your phone on again. This is with wifi set to "never turn off", etc.
Kustaa said:
I had indeed a wrong time bug some days ago...really strange and worrying, a reboot fixed it. First time ever since Android Froyo that I experienced something like that.
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This actually happened with me a couple of days back, I was travelling, so I put my phone connected to a power bank and went for a nap, woke up to see phone switched off, switching it on throws me a 2nd September date set on my device. Had to manually set the date as no network was available to automatically set the date from servers.
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Another annoying issue on M is that if your leave your phone longer in standby mode (display off), wifi turns off and you stop recieving notifications until you turn your phone on again. This is with wifi set to "never turn off", etc.
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This I had been noticing these days just because of WhatsApp Web. When in standby, WhatsApp Web shows phone not connected error. Just waking the phone reconnects to the WiFi, but happens every 30-40mins.
I have a feeling that folks who never see these problems have their phones charging at night and doze mode doesn't happen when you are charging. I have no convenient way to charge my phone near my bed, so it is not charging and totally idle all night. Email and messaging completely stops. Only the stock alarm clock works. My medication reminder stops working. It might as well be turned off completely. Plus when you do wake up and turn on the phone, all the pent up alerts come through and scare the hell out of you. I hate doze mode.
Settings -> Battery -> ... (menu)-> Battery Optimization --> All apps --> Select whatsapp, etc... and select not optimized.
Test again.
You're welcome.
I already disabled optimization in the battery settings for all the apps that weren't working. They still don't work after sitting overnight. It looks as if that setting has absolutely no effect.
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I already disabled optimization in the battery settings for all the apps that weren't working. They still don't work after sitting overnight. It looks as if that setting has absolutely no effect.
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This is a real problem. I tested this on a Nexus 5. The device seems to enter Doze after about 1 hour and this is what happens.
What does work in Doze mode:
- Telephone: call can be heard.
- Alarm: alarm can be heard
What does NOT work in Doze mode:
- Receiving mail notifications directly: it seems to wait for the maintenance window. There is no "ping" from my GMail. No lock screen notification until I picked it up. I turned off battery optimalization as suggested. Like Claghorn says, it doesn't make a difference. When I was sleeping, the time difference between sending the mail and getting a notification can be hours. That is not acceptable: I want to determine whether or not I get a message. I got no control over Doze, except plugging it in. Also, when it sits on the desk at work I need to pick it up or turn the screen on every so often, because I don't know if it "dozed" off again.
Works partially:
- Notification light: It works once mail passes through the maintenance window. It does NOT work before the maintenance window.
I tested all of this with a unrooted, updated Nexus 5. Topic Starter and Claghorn have good points. Why can't I turn this off? I don't want this. I want notification on time, with ping, right now. If I don't I will turn the volume off or set priorities. They could have told me this behavior in a mail or during the update. Important mail from work, family comes in hours late. Not happy with this at all.
Tried all sorts of things, nothing seems to help. And no, battery optimalization is either not enough or has nothing to do with it. I love the Nexus 5. Marshmallow seems to be much smoother than Lollipop. I was happy with the update until I discovered this. Now, I am fustrated. I expect the phone to inform me when I need to be informed. Most days I don't need to save 10% of power anyway. For the first time I want to either root the phone and go back to Lollipop or even Kitkat. I don't know what else can be done. Fustrated.
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This is a real problem. I tested this on a Nexus 5. The device seems to enter Doze after about 1 hour and this is what happens.
What does work in Doze mode:
- Telephone: call can be heard.
- Alarm: alarm can be heard
What does NOT work in Doze mode:
- Receiving mail notifications directly: it seems to wait for the maintenance window. There is no "ping" from my GMail. No lock screen notification until I picked it up. I turned off battery optimalization as suggested. Like Claghorn says, it doesn't make a difference. When I was sleeping, the time difference between sending the mail and getting a notification can be hours. That is not acceptable: I want to determine whether or not I get a message. I got no control over Doze, except plugging it in. Also, when it sits on the desk at work I need to pick it up or turn the screen on every so often, because I don't know if it "dozed" off again.
Works partially:
- Notification light: It works once mail passes through the maintenance window. It does NOT work before the maintenance window.
I tested all of this with a unrooted, updated Nexus 5. Topic Starter and Claghorn have good points. Why can't I turn this off? I don't want this. I want notification on time, with ping, right now. If I don't I will turn the volume off or set priorities. They could have told me this behavior in a mail or during the update. Important mail from work, family comes in hours late. Not happy with this at all.
Tried all sorts of things, nothing seems to help. And no, battery optimalization is either not enough or has nothing to do with it. I love the Nexus 5. Marshmallow seems to be much smoother than Lollipop. I was happy with the update until I discovered this. Now, I am fustrated. I expect the phone to inform me when I need to be informed. Most days I don't need to save 10% of power anyway. For the first time I want to either root the phone and go back to Lollipop or even Kitkat. I don't know what else can be done. Fustrated.
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A quick suggestion -
You may use Doze Mode Editor and edit the script so that your phone never enters Doze mode.
That way you can enjoy Marshmallow without Doze.
Sent from my Nexus 5
Achilles. said:
A quick suggestion -
You may use Doze Mode Editor and edit the script so that your phone never enters Doze mode.
That way you can enjoy Marshmallow without Doze.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Thanks, I will look into that. I'd like to keep Mashmallow as a whole if possible. I think it is a good update in general.
OK, I've looked at the doze mode editor thread and I find that the descriptions of the parameters I can set to be totally confusing, however, the flowchart pointed at in that thread seems to indicate that if I set the "inactive_to" value to something like 24 hours, then all the other doze mode nonsense is unlikely to ever happen (because I'll probably turn on my phone at least once every 24 hours). Does that seem like the best way to essentially turn off doze mode?
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OK, I've looked at the doze mode editor thread and I find that the descriptions of the parameters I can set to be totally confusing, however, the flowchart pointed at in that thread seems to indicate that if I set the "inactive_to" value to something like 24 hours, then all the other doze mode nonsense is unlikely to ever happen (because I'll probably turn on my phone at least once every 24 hours). Does that seem like the best way to essentially turn off doze mode?
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I will look into this over the weekend. I find it odd that there isn't simply a switch to turn Doze off, which is a pity. It seems to me it's part of saving energy in general. A switch under Battery would do nicely. It should not be this complicated. That said, I think the UI of Marshmallow is silky smooth, much better than Lollipop. Marshmallow in general in good. It' just this that annoys me.
i'm baffled by google's aversion to end user config. This kind of b.s. is how I found xda and drove me to become a chronic flashaholic. All or nothin I guess.
ElwOOd_CbGp said:
i'm baffled by google's aversion to end user config. This kind of b.s. is how I found xda and drove me to become a chronic flashaholic. All or nothin I guess.
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I get the feeling Google assumes the customer is a developer. A few examples:
- The Nexus 5 does have a notification light: I didn't know until I read 5 reviews and even then I couldn't find any documentation on it. Needed an external app to get it working.
- Battery indicator: I like to have small numbers indicating battery charge: it could be done by hacking KitKat and Lollipop I think. Then at Marshmallow finally there's a (hidden) switch.
- I don't recall having any user guide in the Nexus 5 package. Not that I needed one. But some landing page doing a walkthrough would have been nice. Although there are some walkthroughs in every app
Not fatal flaws, but you wonder why does it need to be that difficult. It scares people away. Not me. I handed the Nexus 5 to some friends on numerous occasions and most found it too "empty". As for me, I want all developer stuff on. So it suprised me, there is no Doze fine tuning. Again, overall I give the Nexus a 8 or 9 out of 10. It fits me. In general I like it. So it's just constructive criticism. The empty layout and raw speed of the Nexus 5 works good in development of apps afterall.
Last night I ran an adb command (generated by the doze mode editor app) to set inactive_to to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds). I then set an alarm for the next morning in the "Alarm Clock Plus" app (which completely ceased to function after Marshmallow showed up). This morning, the alarm actually went off on time, but the big "Dismiss" button it draws on the screen was totally non-functional. I had to hit the power button to get control (which then caused a popup saying alarm clock plus was non-responsive). I have no idea what caused all that behavior, but at least the alarm actually went off.
Also, with doze mode essentially disabled (in theory anyway), the power dropped from 100% in the evening all the way down to 97% in the morning.
With the exception to facebook and game type apps, Google's apps are the only ones I find that excessively waste resourxes and need to be forced to sleep. If they would get off the constant location polling, media scanning, and logging or at least tone it down a bit some they wouldnt need to implement thier half baked versions of solutions that they hijacked from xda devs
Hey everyone!
My girlfriend has a Galaxy Note 5 (I have the OnePlus 3), recently updated to Android Nougat (recently = 2 weeks ago or so).
Today, all the sudden, her phone has started to say random numbers. I know, sounds weird. It says random numbers every 10 minutes - numbers like 72, 98, 107, 50 (but not in order - it doesn't appear to be a countdown, unless you morph the definition of the word) regardless of internet connection (she tried to keep Wi-Fi and Mobile Data off, it still said a number...).
She did try the obvious basic stuff - clear all recent apps, reboot the phone... No dice! I'm saying she tried, not me, because I'm at work, so...
I asked her to go to the Developer options and show me what apps are running. I'll attach below screenshots of the running services she has on her phone. To me, everything appears to be fine.
Do you have any idea what might cause this? We initially thought it could be Google TTS - since it does sound like it. But there is nothing enabled under Accessibility (as it should be, unless some ghost had turned something on... but no, there is nothing). She even tried to change Google TTS language to French - nope, whatever does this still says random numbers every 10 minutes IN ENGLISH.
I've looked it up on Google... tried various search terms... found nothing relevant. It's as if this is the first time something like this has ever happened.
I'm baffled. And helpless.
Any ideas, please? Thanks in advance!
Nevermind. Turned out it was Samsung Pay.
A Samsung Pay pop-up appeared right as the voice was heard for the 1000th time, and I figured hey... let's look at the permissions for that app (since we can't disable it). Revoked all permissions and... NO MORE VOICE ! YAY !
A factory reset still should be made, I think. Perhaps the upgrade from Marshmallow to Nougat wasn't as smooth as I had thought...
Whoops! The voice still happens. It just didn't happen that one time (after the 10 minutes mark), so we thought it's all good. Now, it's happening at 9 minutes !
She did something a few hours ago. She changed the language of Google TTS to French. But nothing changed. The voice was still saying numbers in English.
Now, after revoking permissions of Samsung Pay, she rebooted the phone & the voice started saying numbers... IN FRENCH.
The best thing about it is that it says that... REGARDLESS OF SOUND MODE ! Priority, silent... It still says them numbers! So, we're gonna have to turn the phone off for the night and perform a reset in the morning, since we'll have to go to bed early.
F*** this s***. Samsung, what the flying f***?!?!?!?!
Yeah... It's still happening...
Did a factory reset... did a settings reset...
Disabled Google TTS, disabled as much as I could of Samsung Pay (blocked notifications & such)... It was okay for a while (a day). Now, it's back!
This is... driving me (/us) nuts! Does anyone know... something... a witch that could help, perhaps...
Formhault said:
Yeah... It's still happening...
Did a factory reset... did a settings reset...
Disabled Google TTS, disabled as much as I could of Samsung Pay (blocked notifications & such)... It was okay for a while (a day). Now, it's back!
This is... driving me (/us) nuts! Does anyone know... something... a witch that could help, perhaps...
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id root it and slowly disable apps to find it then get rid of it. maybe a diffrent rom
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id root it and slowly disable apps to find it then get rid of it. maybe a diffrent rom
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I'd do that... Actually, I would have slapped a custom ROM on her phone from day 1, but that would have voided the warranty (since, you know, KNOX is such a great & useful thing).
Speaking of KNOX... It trips & dies if you root the device or whatever, but when something as sketchy as this happens (app decides its time has come & starts doing random shenanigans), KNOX is like wha, where? Ugh
For the meantime, my girlfriend has her phone's media volume set to 0 for the most part. I'll take a closer look at her phone tomorrow & see if it happens again (unless it suddenly ran out of numbers to say, it should still be there). If it does, I'll take a "short" video with my phone. From there, this is the plan I was thinking of : another full reset, but this time set everything back from scratch (no automatic restoration of settings / apps / whatever). Just sync contacts & such after setup, then gradually install apps (allowing 1~2 days in between app installs).
Unless... the security update that just arrived today (weighing in at about 70 MB - whereas previous security patches were only 30 MB, wow, this must be something, lol ) changed something...
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I'd do that... Actually, I would have slapped a custom ROM on her phone from day 1, but that would have voided the warranty (since, you know, KNOX is such a great & useful thing).
Speaking of KNOX... It trips & dies if you root the device or whatever, but when something as sketchy as this happens (app decides its time has come & starts doing random shenanigans), KNOX is like wha, where? Ugh
For the meantime, my girlfriend has her phone's media volume set to 0 for the most part. I'll take a closer look at her phone tomorrow & see if it happens again (unless it suddenly ran out of numbers to say, it should still be there). If it does, I'll take a "short" video with my phone. From there, this is the plan I was thinking of : another full reset, but this time set everything back from scratch (no automatic restoration of settings / apps / whatever). Just sync contacts & such after setup, then gradually install apps (allowing 1~2 days in between app installs).
Unless... the security update that just arrived today (weighing in at about 70 MB - whereas previous security patches were only 30 MB, wow, this must be something, lol ) changed something...
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might try some spyware or anti virus and also make sure nothings enabled in device admninistrators
Phone saying random numbers
Hi did you manage to find out what was causing this as my phone started doing this a week or so before your post,I couldn't find anything from anyone else either.I have the OnePlus 5t.....and it still does it.Not every ten minutes though just random numbers from 62-107.Any ideas
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Formhault, did you ever manage to fix this issue? My mom's phone is doing the same thing and I'm almost desperate enough to buy her a new one
It's TTS!
If anyone is still having this issue, kill Google Text-to-Speech Engine.
When I was having this issue, I narrowed it down to TTS, so I went and force-stopped and then disabled it. The voice immediately stopped. It got re-enabled after some updates, so I killed it again. Now it appears enabled but doesn't dare to speak :victory: