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How to block apps autorun

Hello,
I have several apps that I use randomly or only want them to connect when I decide to. One of them is Viber that prevents wifi going to sleep mode.
I tried several apps but no one worked.
Viber app + service always start on boot and I have to exit manually to stay offline

I use a combination of LBE, Juice Defender and Titanium Backup to control apps and preserve battery life. TB is very good since it lets you control services. All these apps are on the Market. Hope this helps.
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Autostarts - should be in the market.
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Autostart is great but becarefull use it with rom apps.

About data connectivity.

So I started using some apps like foursquare/instagram and I wanted to know If even i close them they keep using internet on the background. Since I close them (with data connectivity off) and when i enable data connectivity(long press on power button) it shows immediately some notifications of foursquare.
The main point of this question is that i want to keep data connectivity always on, cause it seems turning on and off wastes some battery, but i don't want apps leaching internet on the background.
Thanks!
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Someone please answer me on this problem, its a bit urgent really apreciate the time and patient!
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Someone please

NunoPitbull said:
So I started using some apps like foursquare/instagram and I wanted to know If even i close them they keep using internet on the background. Since I close them (with data connectivity off) and when i enable data connectivity(long press on power button) it shows immediately some notifications of foursquare.
The main point of this question is that i want to keep data connectivity always on, cause it seems turning on and off wastes some battery, but i don't want apps leaching internet on the background.
Thanks!
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1) data use - you could try a data manager app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm which will show you how much data they are using. You might find these apps are using not much of your allowance anyway.
2) task manager (e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.taskmanager ) can stop apps running in background but most people in the know seem to advise against using things like this.
3) you could try freezing the apps with something like titanium backup and unfreeze them when you want to use them.
4) apps like foursquare or instagram don't really fall into the urgent category. Uninstall them if you don't like what they do. Everything will be fine as you will manage without them
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121C4 said:
1) data use - you could try a data manager app like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm which will show you how much data they are using. You might find these apps are using not much of your allowance anyway.
2) task manager (e.g. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.taskmanager ) can stop apps running in background but most people in the know seem to advise against using things like this.
3) you could try freezing the apps with something like titanium backup and unfreeze them when you want to use them.
4) apps like foursquare or instagram don't really fall into the urgent category. Uninstall them if you don't like what they do. Everything will be fine as you will manage without them
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I have Wifi on and saying Messages app is using data. Wth? but oh well, untill now seems no major internet waste..

NunoPitbull said:
I have Wifi on and saying Messages app is using data. Wth? but oh well, untill now seems no major internet waste..
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What is OS Services?

Alternatives on rooted phones are firewalls which edit ip tables, such as droidwall.
Even if each app uses a marginal amount of data, when you have lots of apps it can become a huge expense. Most play store apps request internet access, even games and multimedia apps that don't really need it (it can add up to 5-10 mb a day just by having them installed).

dxppxd said:
Alternatives on rooted phones are firewalls which edit ip tables, such as droidwall.
Even if each app uses a marginal amount of data, when you have lots of apps it can become a huge expense. Most play store apps request internet access, even games and multimedia apps that don't really need it (it can add up to 5-10 mb a day just by having them installed).
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Won't a firewall(like droidwall as u said) drain battery since it has to continusly keep running?
Cause my goal here is to try to fight the battery usage of turning data connectivy on/off ;P

NunoPitbull said:
Won't a firewall(like droidwall as u said) drain battery since it has to continusly keep running?
Cause my goal here is to try to fight the battery usage of turning data connectivy on/off ;P
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No. It edits a file, ip tables, which is the native linux firewall, included in the ace.
It edits it when you enable, disable or change the firewall settings, like creating a text file, and runs on boot. The phone checks this file whenever an app asks for internet, and grants/denies the permission accordingly. Even if you don't have droidwall, the phone checks ip tables rules, droidwall is just a user friendly way to edit and control it.

dxppxd said:
No. It edits a file, ip tables, which is the native linux firewall, included in the ace.
It edits it when you enable, disable or change the firewall settings, like creating a text file, and runs on boot. The phone checks this file whenever an app asks for internet, and grants/denies the permission accordingly. Even if you don't have droidwall, the phone checks ip tables rules, droidwall is just a user friendly way to edit and control it.
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Really thanks for this awsome program suggestion ;D I'm using as we speak, sadly I didn't found the "OS Services" taht is described on My Data Manager, and sadly they didn't replied with a email yet saying that is that...

[Q] Another Android System Battery Thread

Sorry For making another Battery Thread But I'm getting more than 65% in use of the Android System on the Battery
But i Saw this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013469&highlight=android+system&page=4
And then this under the same topic
- Flashed V10F EUR OPEN
- Rooted (follow the guide!)
- Factory Reset
- Updated SuperSU + binary
- Reboot
- Installed Titanium Backup Root Pro
- Re-installed my backed up apps (no mods, no root apps yet!)
- Reboot
- Installed CWM, GPS mod, Camera mod (follow the guides!)
- Reboot
- Uninstalled most of the apps in the Application Manager from LG; SmartWorld, Today+, ...
- Freezed the following apps with Titanium Backup Root Pro:
Quote: - Alarm/Clock
- Application Manager
- Calculator
- Calender
- Calender Widget
- Cell Broadcast
- Chrome
- Downloads
- E-mail
- E-mail Widget
- Face Unlock
- Favorite Contacts Widget
- Finance
- Google+
- Internet
- Media Home
- Memo
- Memo Widget
- Messaging
- Music Player 3.
- Music Player 2.
- MusicFX
- News
- On-Screen Phone
- Remote Support Service
- Remote Call Service
- SIM Toolkit
- Smart Log Service
- SmartShare
- Social+
- Streaming Player
- Tags
- Talk
- Video Player
- Voice Recorder
- Voice Search
- Weather
- Reboot
- Installed Memory Booster (paid version)
- Installed my other root apps: CPUTuner, Autostart Manager, SDMaid
Quote: - In Autostart Manager I disabled most of the apps I don't want to start after a boot, so I filtered the 'Boot Completed' enablers. And disabled all those unnecessary.
- In CPUTuner I use an Uniform configuration with 2 Triggers (battery 100% and battery 50%). I have 6 Profiles with different CPU clock speeds, governors, I/O, ... settings. If you want details about those I can add them at request.
- Reboot
- Clean-up the device a bit with SDMaid, optimize the databases
- Reboot
- Reboot into Recovery Mode, Wipe the Dalvick Cache
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And I did flashed and rooted, but didn't Restore to Factory, also i did upgrade SuperSU and istalled the CWM and then Deleted Dalvik and Paritition cache files
What i wanted to ask, is that after all this should i make a factory reset? if not should i UnInstall only the LG programs and then freeze all the other apps?
Am asking this because it seems alot for me having 70-80% on the Android System usage for the battery
Edit: IDK, for example i consume alot of Battery just for using facebook and the music player, but it's not fair that in my ipod i don't use more than 5% and on the 4x i used 20%
or consuming(airplanemode) even if im not uisng it

Hopefully one day our Mods on here will just take all these threads and roll them into one.
STOP OPENING THREADS ABOUT BATTERY USE!!!
We know there are some problems with it. Solutions have been posted that may help some people. We don't need every person who owns an LG 4X opening s thread to complain about the battery :banghead:

SimonTS said:
Hopefully one day our Mods on here will just take all these threads and roll them into one.
STOP OPENING THREADS ABOUT BATTERY USE!!!
We know there are some problems with it. Solutions have been posted that may help some people. We don't need every person who owns an LG 4X opening s thread to complain about the battery :banghead:
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Sorry, but i can't resolve it on my own, and i can't figure it out why i have this problem while other people already fixed it.
Edit: I did a fabric restore and then downloaded GSAM Battery Monitor and it shoed that Android System is using 99% of my battery
In the Easy Battery Saver it says that the Adroid System uses 80% of my charge... And i don't have any apps installed
And in my Battery Settings the Android System is always on 66%-75%, Should i install a custom ROM?

Necromancer077 said:
Sorry, but i can't resolve it on my own, and i can't figure it out why i have this problem while other people already fixed it.
Edit: I did a fabric restore and then downloaded GSAM Battery Monitor and it shoed that Android System is using 99% of my battery
In the Easy Battery Saver it says that the Adroid System uses 80% of my charge... And i don't have any apps installed
And in my Battery Settings the Android System is always on 66%-75%, Should i install a custom ROM?
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If you don't know, Android System includes:
--Settings
--SystemBackupService
--com.lge.internal
--VpnDialogs
--Smart Log Service
--System Interface
--LGSetupWizard
--Image Updater
--com.android.providers.settings
--Android System
--Key Chain
--com.lge.lockscreen
--Shutdown Monitor
--LGSystemServer
--Task Manager
--LG MLT
--Google Backup Transport
--com.lge.hiddenmenu
--LocMgrProvider
--LockScreenSettings
--Home Selector
--Camera Test
As you can see, its not an app but several, its normal that they are in the top of usage list.
That depends also how you use your phone.
Some of them can be frozen, search in other threads and you'll find a list or screen shots of my frozen apps (if you're interested of course...)

RuedasLocas said:
If you don't know, Android System includes:
--Settings
--SystemBackupService
--com.lge.internal
--VpnDialogs
--Smart Log Service
--System Interface
--LGSetupWizard
--Image Updater
--com.android.providers.settings
--Android System
--Key Chain
--com.lge.lockscreen
--Shutdown Monitor
--LGSystemServer
--Task Manager
--LG MLT
--Google Backup Transport
--com.lge.hiddenmenu
--LocMgrProvider
--LockScreenSettings
--Home Selector
--Camera Test
As you can see, its not an app but several, its normal that they are in the top of usage list.
That depends also how you use your phone.
Some of them can be frozen, search in other threads and you'll find a list or screen shots of my frozen apps (if you're interested of course...)
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Thx for responding, seriously :laugh:
Umm but im not using my phone, I restored it from fabric, and i don't have anything, I'm using wifi and airplane mode, 0% brightness and the Android System at 70%
Also do i need to buy Titanium Backup to freeze them?
Edit: How much is your Android System % at??

On my samsung galaxy s ll my battery get very very hot screen gets hot I have to pull the battery out for a few mins then its ok. This happen about 3 times out of the week my brother had told me that my phone might be hacked and thats why its was doing that along with some other crazy things lol
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Necromancer077 said:
Thx for responding, seriously :laugh:
Umm but im not using my phone, I restored it from fabric, and i don't have anything, I'm using wifi and airplane mode, 0% brightness and the Android System at 70%
Also do i need to buy Titanium Backup to freeze them?
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70% because once your not using other apps, is logic that those that you use are in the top.
Some of them run in background, thats the reason to freeze them.

RuedasLocas said:
70% because once your not using other apps, is logic that those that you use are in the top.
Some of them run in background, thats the reason to freeze them.
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Ok, i'll try that app,
Sound logic when im no using anything the System is on top of that,but it's been always like that, even if im playing GTA vice city or just isng facebook,
But i'll try to freeze those apps, and delete the LG ones
Like this guy over here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013469
um did you had this problem before?

I didn't had that problem cause it was one of the first things that I took care about since I have the phone
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RuedasLocas said:
I didn't had that problem cause it was one of the first things that I took care about since I have the phone
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Well thanx for all the help,
I managed to Lower that 70% to a 35-30%
Now is under my phone idle (Hope it's good news)
Also i'll start to use the gearbox in EcoMode to use only the main cores
Install the battery fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933099
and tomorrow i'll delete the dalvick cache :3
Also i think i put my expectations too high.. i mean it's a 4core-4.7 inch Smarthphone :9, XD alot different from my last S.E.X(Xperia)

[Request] Process manager/Task manager

I am wondering if we have a task manager/process explorer app for Nexus 4? Currently I am using AirDroid v2 that includes a task manager, but I am looking for one with more options.
I travel a lot & would like to kill as much unwanted applications running in the background as possible to conserve battery.

There is no more need to use task killer to manage android systems any more. You will be doing more harm than good, in fact there is no good in killing tssks manually.
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Point noted.
But when I use Airdroid task manager, I see a process when the corresponding app is not running the background.
To mention a few; Cut the rope free, stocks & Hill climb racing.
Few system process like picasa uploader, chrome etc.
As you said andoird may optimize most of them, but I would like some control when running thin on battery.

mohan_168 said:
I am wondering if we have a task manager/process explorer app for Nexus 4? Currently I am using AirDroid v2 that includes a task manager, but I am looking for one with more options.
I travel a lot & would like to kill as much unwanted applications running in the background as possible to conserve battery.
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use greenify https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en to hibernate any persisting apps/processes (except system). apps relaunch when you open them.

Killing apps and then having to reload them actually uses more battery than them being dormant in the background and already loaded when called upon. The problem is when you have misbehaving apps that stay in the foreground eating up cpu, instead of going dormant into the background. And this does happen. I use an app called Watchdog that alerts me when this happens. It allows you to kill the app when this happens. It also allows you to whitelist and blacklist apps and processes.
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main phone setting, apps, running.. default task/process manager. in the top right will be an option to show cached process as well.

simms22 said:
main phone setting, apps, running.. default task/process manager. in the top right will be an option to show cached process as well.
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We all know that is there. The op mentioned wanting more options, mainly monitoring and kill options.
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mohan_168 said:
I am wondering if we have a task manager/process explorer app for Nexus 4? Currently I am using AirDroid v2 that includes a task manager, but I am looking for one with more options.
I travel a lot & would like to kill as much unwanted applications running in the background as possible to conserve battery.
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fernandezhjr said:
We all know that is there. The op mentioned wanting more options, mainly monitoring and kill options.
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fast reboot(free), but the paid version i like better https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastreboot&hl=en

rayiskon, I will try greenify & let you know how that helps.
fernandezhjr, I agree restarting app is not an optimal way, but I require to squeeze battery to atleast make phone calls when I am away from charging options.
simms22, fast reboot looks promising. I'll try the free one for now and take it from there.

It's kind of already been said, but I want to clarify as much as possible.
Apps running dormant in the background (using RAM) use no more power than if it weren't running. This is because all of the memory you have is being refreshed all the time, the controller has no idea whether there is actually data there, it still refreshes the entire space of memory.
Apps running "dormant" but using CPU do use more power than if it weren't running. I assume OP is wanting some sort of monitoring app that shows which apps are using CPU, in which case is fine. If OP is wanting to kill all apps that he isn't using at the time to conserve battery, then he would actually be doing the opposite of what he wants, as it requires to CPU to spin back up to restart it later. Again, the difference here is RAM vs CPU, one doesn't use battery (or rather, uses the same amount of battery, no matter how much of it is being utilized), and one can use more or less battery depending on how much it's used.

Johmama said:
It's kind of already been said, but I want to clarify as much as possible.
Apps running dormant in the background (using RAM) use no more power than if it weren't running. This is because all of the memory you have is being refreshed all the time, the controller has no idea whether there is actually data there, it still refreshes the entire space of memory.
Apps running "dormant" but using CPU do use more power than if it weren't running. I assume OP is wanting some sort of monitoring app that shows which apps are using CPU, in which case is fine. If OP is wanting to kill all apps that he isn't using at the time to conserve battery, then he would actually be doing the opposite of what he wants, as it requires to CPU to spin back up to restart it later. Again, the difference here is RAM vs CPU, one doesn't use battery (or rather, uses the same amount of battery, no matter how much of it is being utilized), and one can use more or less battery depending on how much it's used.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation. I understand killing process, shutting down cached process or apps & later restarting them is only going to fire up the CPU usage which completely defeats the purpose of conserving battery.
Though not a daily ask, at times I am stuck in situation where a phone call or SMS is all I need to keep me going.

[Q] What are "Consuming Apps" really?!

Under the App Power Consumption menu within the Power Management Settings, you can view a list of "consuming apps" that supposedly use data and processing power in the background while the screen is off. I've currently got the following apps listed:
- Groupon
- Facebook Messenger
- Caller ID
- Weather
- Textra
- SnapLock (lockscreen replacement)
- Lux (auto brightness)
- GroupMe (messenger service)
They are listed in what appears to be a random order and none of my searches through the owners manual, xda, or google have told me exactly why these apps are listed OR what to really do about them. When I click on them, my only option is to uninstall them. NONE of them show up in the top 7 items of the battery usage statistics, so are they really "consuming power"?.
What is this list of apps really telling me and what can I do about it without deleting the apps completely?

PuffDaddy_d said:
Under the App Power Consumption menu within the Power Management Settings, you can view a list of "consuming apps" that supposedly use data and processing power in the background while the screen is off. I've currently got the following apps listed:
- Groupon
- Facebook Messenger
- Caller ID
- Weather
- Textra
- SnapLock (lockscreen replacement)
- Lux (auto brightness)
- GroupMe (messenger service)
They are listed in what appears to be a random order and none of my searches through the owners manual, xda, or google have told me exactly why these apps are listed OR what to really do about them. When I click on them, my only option is to uninstall them. NONE of them show up in the top 7 items of the battery usage statistics, so are they really "consuming power"?.
What is this list of apps really telling me and what can I do about it without deleting the apps completely?
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I can tell you for example that FB messenger often wakes the phone to communicate with Facebook, even if you don't open it. Apps in battery usage are mostly apps you use, which consume even more power. These apps don't consume A LOT of power but they waste power mostly, what you can do is:
- Enable stanima which will prevent those apps from waking up the phone
- Go in data usage and disable "backgroud data" for those apps (which prevent them from connecting the CELLULAR network in the background
- Root and get Greenify and greenify them (which more radical than stanima)
- Uninstall them

difto said:
I can tell you for example that FB messenger often wakes the phone to communicate with Facebook, even if you don't open it. Apps in battery usage are mostly apps you use, which consume even more power. These apps don't consume A LOT of power but they waste power mostly, what you can do is:
- Enable stanima which will prevent those apps from waking up the phone
- Go in data usage and disable "backgroud data" for those apps (which prevent them from connecting the CELLULAR network in the background
- Root and get Greenify and greenify them (which more radical than stanima)
- Uninstall them
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Thank you so much for your response. I think I see what you're saying, but the following example is what causes me so much confusion:
I have Stamina mode enabled and Groupon (like most of the apps I listed in the OP) is NOT included in the white-list, so, it should be restricted from waking the phone or sending any background data while the phone is asleep. Yet, it shows up in the "consuming apps" list just like the two that are white-listed (FB Messenger & Textra). But maybe you're right - since they appear to use so little battery/data, its probably not worth changing anything. I just thought it was weird for them to show up in this list as if they are huge offenders.

Strange... I use Messenger and LUX, doesn't show up in the list.
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Daryll99 said:
Strange... I use Messenger and LUX, doesn't show up in the list.
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Yeah, the list seems really random. I haven't even used groupon since I got this phone! And the apps listed don't really consume much power at all. So what does this list really mean?
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PuffDaddy_d said:
Yeah, the list seems really random. I haven't even used groupon since I got this phone! And the apps listed don't really consume much power at all. So what does this list really mean?
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Don't worry about it.
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Hi everyone.
So as to not create a new thread and seeing this is the most appropriate one related to my question:
My app power consumption lists are empty. Sounds like a good thing right? but I'm running the generic French 5.1.1 firmware on my phone (nit picky since my phone came from France ) and there should be some apps there regardless.
When I flashed the South African firmware my app power consumption list filled up with stuff that made sense which could drain battery.
To me this seems like a bug (small but still annoying lol). Does anyone else have this issue?
I've already tried a factory reset and I used Flashtool to flash the Firmware.

Nyt_Wolf said:
Hi everyone.
So as to not create a new thread and seeing this is the most appropriate one related to my question:
My app power consumption lists are empty. Sounds like a good thing right? but I'm running the generic French 5.1.1 firmware on my phone (nit picky since my phone came from France ) and there should be some apps there regardless.
When I flashed the South African firmware my app power consumption list filled up with stuff that made sense which could drain battery.
To me this seems like a bug (small but still annoying lol). Does anyone else have this issue?
I've already tried a factory reset and I used Flashtool to flash the Firmware.
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Yeah, I started this thread and couldn't get the apps in that list to go away until I deleted the data for stamina mode from the app manager. This basically acts like as full wipe but just for stamina mode. Now the list is empty and has remained empty for months.
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