I was curious after Flipz said that some rogue system app was using up the processor, so I searched the app market for something to see my CPU usage in "real time". I DLed System Monitor. Under CPU Usage it says stays around 12-14% while not doing anything. My guess is that the app is generating some of that usage. Would anyone else mind giving me some of their data with System Monitor?
What should my "idle" usage be? What is yours with System Monitor?
Thank you for your help in this.
-Ken
So I use 'Lookout' for virus protection. It's always running in the background from what I can tell via the notification bar and also as soon as I DL an app from the market place it scans it.
I was just curious how much memory it really uses and if it uses a lot of the battery up? It doesn't show up in the task manager hence why I posted this.
Settings>Applications>Running Services
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Thanks Barbarian
Hey,
I don't have this issue yet. But I find this and want to share it.
There is an apk "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk" that's call "Overheat control". And it seems that the purpose of this application is to shutdown your phone when it becomes too hot.
So the question is, to people having this issue, do you have this apk?
Yokav said:
Hey,
I don't have this issue yet. But I find this and want to share it.
There is an apk "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk" that's call "Overheat control". And it seems that the purpose of this application is to shutdown your phone when it becomes too hot.
So the question is, to people having this issue, do you have this apk?
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I have in TX too
I guess this is similar with thermal control
Yokav said:
Hey,
I don't have this issue yet. But I find this and want to share it.
There is an apk "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk" that's call "Overheat control". And it seems that the purpose of this application is to shutdown your phone when it becomes too hot.
So the question is, to people having this issue, do you have this apk?
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i've never had this issue so far, and one thing to mention is that i've removed Semcpowersavermodule.apk , since i removed many bloatwares, and i still have Overheat control process in services, so that OverHeat Control must be something else
I'm sure of what I told The real name of "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk" is "Overheat control".
But it's interesting to know that after removing this "bloatware", you still have the service running. That's confirm what I thought, some apk are just necessary one time, during the first initialization on your phone... they install their feature inside the memory of the phone and then, they're no more use... like the "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk".
Yokav said:
I'm sure of what I told The real name of "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk" is "Overheat control".
But it's interesting to know that after removing this "bloatware", you still have the service running. That's confirm what I thought, some apk are just necessary one time, during the first initialization on your phone... they install their feature inside the memory of the phone and then, they're no more use... like the "SemcPowerSaveModule.apk".
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but i THINK you are mistaken, you know why?
because the process named "SemcPowerSaverModule" is related to "Extended Battery Mode" in Power Management in Setting
it IS the process for what Sony Z users call "Stamina Mode", and in our phone, it's "Extended Battery Mode"
I'm sure, cause i've removed it, and upon removing, Battery Extended Mode in Setting is gone for good
actually i didn't need it, i deliberately deleted it, but just wanted to let you know that "SemcPowerSaverModule.apk", AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, is the process for Battery Extended Mode
but i DO agree with the second idea, about some services, because OverHeat control is the exact example of that, of at least we donno where the hell that process is
(i think somewhere in System/Etc, because there are many Qualcomm features there)
Hehe I like that, we're not agree! But it's productive, that's the purpose.
Before to continue, I've to tell that I've a X.T and I'm using the last firmware .142... because sometime the name of the apk's could change.
And you're wrong... Here's what I've on my phone/firmware:
SemcPowerSaveModule.apk == Overtheat control == Non manageable application
SuperStamina.apk == Eco mode controller == Manageable application (in Settings -> Power Management)
I disable apps like "news and weather" etc, but for some reason after a while they are enabled again... Anyone know what the reason could be? Or how to fix it. It's not that big of a deal, but still.
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I believe some apps still sync/exchanging data with this app even though you disabled it
I faced same sort of issue with Xperia Z, this app became crazy and completely drained battery off
I did reset wifi settings and it was gone.
Use wakelock detector to determine which apps may running at same time (e.g Google Maps is running even though i disabled it manually)
monsieur_debile said:
I believe some apps still sync/exchanging data with this app even though you disabled it
I faced same sort of issue with Xperia Z, this app became crazy and completely drained battery off
I did reset wifi settings and it was gone.
Use wakelock detector to determine which apps may running at same time (e.g Google Maps is running even though i disabled it manually)
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In the end I/we need root to grab this beast by the horns. Can't use 'disable service' without root
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1. Find wakelock detector tutorial to run on Kitkat, useful to check any excessive app running at background
2. Auto startup manager, disable uncessary apps at boot
3. In dev settings, enable kill all process (no apps would running anymore), i dont like this since killing process might be not good for OS stability
Notice you can get some lag if you enable it
Hi I was wondering does package disabler actually save better life and improve performance? I was thinking of downloading and disabling stuff I don't use. I actually do use Bixby.
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ickedmel said:
Hi I was wondering does package disabler actually save better life and improve performance? I was thinking of downloading and disabling stuff I don't use. I actually do use Bixby.
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It can go both ways. There are things that you should not disable because doing so causes othet things to crashloop or some other fail state that could eat more battery. There are also some things that will spam errors to your logcat but the error+quit takes less energy than the subsequent wakelock it would have caused if it were active.
In general, it's always ok to disable any regular applications you can't uninstall that you don't want. Those won't ever cause issues like that. The tricky part is system apps which can cause the above symptoms. With those it's really a matter of measuring the effect as well as you can. You can try to understand what the thing does and make an educated guess, and that's good to make sure you don't disable something that causes bootloop +factory reset, but sometimes there isn't public docs on what OEM bloat is