I have been unable to actually block apps running in BG, purify, greenify,etc none is satisfactory. Xender will stop yes, but immediately start. Anyway to block processes permanently?
I'm not sure I follow... You can absolutely block processes. Titanium backup lets you freeze an app and it's nothing but wasted space in your device at that point.... If you mean Tasker specific tasks, if you have root, use Tasker to (pm disable packagename)
If you want to disable services then you run into more issues. For a great tool not tasker ready try servicely to do both
loogielv said:
I'm not sure I follow... You can absolutely block processes. Titanium backup lets you freeze an app and it's nothing but wasted space in your device at that point.... If you mean Tasker specific tasks, if you have root, use Tasker to (pm disable packagename)
If you want to disable services then you run into more issues. For a great tool not tasker ready try servicely to do both
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Hi Sir thanks for responding
I really taught of freezing those useless apps but I fell on a very efficient xposed module called "Prevent Running"
Easy to setup and works efficiently.
My MOTO E MM is the fastest now
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I am looking to improve my battery life as well as reduce unnecessary ram usage. I have apps such as Call history, docking station and news that are built in and always turn themselves on. I was wondering if there is a way to block certain apps from operating in the background but still lets me use the apps when I want to and maybe have a pop-up window asking me if I want to use it before I do.
Thanks in advance.
You could try Juice Defender or AutoStarts.
With titanium backup pro you can freeze apps and process apk's and so much more ... It's quite an essential program for every phone imo
MiniSid17 said:
I'm yet to find anything that does this, without the processes in question just turning themselves back on. Maybe I'll look into developing something. Hmm
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If you freeze them with titanium backup they won't turn on again, not untill you unfreeze them. Trust me, i do it all the time
ROM Toolbox has the freeze option as well and many functions more than titanium
Which task killer apps will give more battery life for Galaxy Note. AutoKiller or Advanced Task Killer or what? i am ready to pay
musheercmr said:
Which task killer apps will give more battery life for Galaxy Note. AutoKiller or Advanced Task Killer or what? i am ready to pay
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If you want a good battery life, DON'T use a task killer!
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If you want a good battery life, DON'T use a task killer!
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Wow, interesting answer!!! Is that true guys?
Use Autorun to block all those pesky CPU cycle-munching rogue apps from ever starting!
Have to have root unfortunately, as only by blocking the listeners (or even freezing useless apps) can you stop them. Technoholik is correct, using a task killer will waste far more battery than it saves as these apps will pop up again minutes, or even seconds, later.
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Use Autorun to block all those pesky CPU cycle-munching rogue apps from ever starting!
Have to have root unfortunately, as only by blocking the listeners (or even freezing useless apps) can you stop them. Technoholik is correct, using a task killer will waste far more battery than it saves as these apps will pop up again minutes, or even seconds, later.
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So, if i removed some apps (like Google Map, Google Voice...etc) from start-up, once i open those application after sometime it will be again in process and will drink battery, till the next re-start? advise please...
Sorry for my stupid question.
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Wow, interesting answer!!! Is that true guys?
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You can read more about why task killer is not recommended in here:
www.lifehacker.com/5650894/android-task-killers-explained-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them
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So, if i removed some apps (like Google Map, Google Voice...etc) from start-up, once i open those application after sometime it will be again in process and will drink battery, till the next re-start? advise please...
Sorry for my stupid question.
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What you should worry is cpu cycle, not memory used by the apps. Some process maybe look like use some memory in background eventhough you're not use that process, but that's ok if that process not use much cpu cycle.
Please read the link i just posted before.
musheercmr said:
So, if i removed some apps (like Google Map, Google Voice...etc) from start-up, once i open those application after sometime it will be again in process and will drink battery, till the next re-start? advise please...
Sorry for my stupid question.
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Not a stupid question, and the answer is "Yes". Many of these apps keep responding to 'listeners' (events in the system) and do things that we have not asked them to do when they receive this trigger. Many of them send & receive data. You cannot stop them apart from disabling the listeners of freezing ()or uninstalling) them. You need to be careful because some system apps are required. I try one at a time and if nothing else fails, leave it disabled.
Do do any of this, you require root access.
Look at Badass Battery Monitor and use the appsucker tool to see what is doing what. It shows the % CPU, CPU time, wake events and wakelocks. All of these are things that drain the battery.
great, I uninstalled the task manager and works good
I used green power from the market and it worked pretty well. It simply turns off your wifi and other services when you are not using it. It's free and worth a try.
i use juice defender...
I use Tasker and Synker and set profiles to automate certain processes. Ive turned auto sync off, and set a profle to sync my google and facebook account at certain times duirng the day, eg, every hour between 8am and 11pm. Another profile that activates when my phone is placed face down turns off 3g data, wifi and the screen.
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Another profile that activates when my phone is placed face down turns off 3g data, wifi and the screen.
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Sweet!
Hi, people...
I am running a rooted stock GB ROM with abyss kernel and would like to know how to prevent certain apps suddenly starting to run in the background. I have Android assistant installed and it is great for killing multiple apps and other stuff. But some apps like Latitude, Gmail, Samsung account, Yahoo finance seem to sneak from behind and when I check AA I see them running so I have to mark them and kill them. How can I completely keep them, or any other non-system app out of operation, unless I start them?
Many thanks....
Killing apps is NOT preventing apps from autorunning.
Task killers are bad because some apps will just rerun itself, wasting battery life.
I personally use Autostarts, it can prevent apps from running when starting up, or when triggered by an event like for example: Wifi connected, data connected, etc...
Be careful with it if you are trying to disable system apps as some things can break your phone.
Markuzy, thanks for the reply...
I know that killing apps isn't doing the job, but at the moment that is what I do when I check my phone and see the pest running around. I have Android assistant there I have been offered to stop stuff like Accuweather, Skype, Youtube and similar stuff from running at startup, but I will try Autostarts to see if that does better job and offer better and more comprehensive list of what can be NOT ALLOWED TO LIVE, as opposed to killing..
Don't worry, I'm not touching any of the system bits, just regular apps...
Use Titanium Backup(Donate version) and then freeze the offending apps.
You can always defrost them later
Hello,
I use MightyText, which allows me to text/sms from my computer.
However, it's such a battery hog. It drains my battery like beer and drunk sailor.
Anyways, I usually use Titanium Backup to "freeze" the app when not in use. The process is pretty cumbersome. I was wondering is there's an automatic way to freezing/defrost apps?
Thanks in advance
Multiple ways.
You could use greenify to greenify / hibernate the app.
Titanium does nothing special. It just utilises the built in package manager. It uses the command "pm disable <package name>" so if you use tasker, .there's loads of things you can do
Thank you for the reply
I tried Greenify....for whatever reason....it doesn't hypernate MightyText.
With a little more looking around....I discovered that Titanium Backup got a nice simple widget to freeze/defrost apps.
I'm on Honor 7 Lite (NEM-L21C432B356), I love the phone hardware itself but the stock OS (EMUI 5.0.2) is driving me crazy. Background tasks get killed really quickly and often notifications get deleted before I can even see them. I've tried factory reset and everything I've found on Google to no effect.
This isn't about the known push notifications issue. Notifications do work, but then they usually disappear almost immediately. I sometimes hear the notification tone, pick up the phone and unlock it to see a notification icon in the top bar for less than a second and then it's gone. Or if a notification comes in when I'm using the phone, I might see the notification in the list briefly and then it just vanishes.
Background tasks like Twilight or JuiceSSH with statusbar icons seem to get killed really aggressively. This seems to happen more to some apps than others, but I can't figure out any common denominator for the apps. It happens to both online and offline apps.
I've disabled everything related to Huawei's task killing/battery saving settings and added all apps to all exception lists that I've been able to find. Free memory seems to hover consistently around 500-700MB, I don't think I've ever seen free memory dip below 500MB.
It's hard to get good memory stats out of Android 7 without root, but it almost seems like the OS is pre-emptively keeping that 0.5GB of RAM free in case some foreground app wants a lot of memory, and it's willing to pre-emptively kill background tasks, even ones with status bar icons, to achieve it. I don't know if this is true, but Huawei doesn't seem to trust Android's own memory management much in general, with all their dumb "memory cleaning" and "battery optimization" stuff.
I'm at my wits' end here. I rely on seeing all notifications to keep up with reminders and other things, and I need background apps to stay there when I multitask. Custom ROMs aren't really an option, since I want everything on the phone to Just Work without any extra fiddling and hassle and I can't risk my only phone. I appreciate custom ROM developers' work though.
Thanks in advance for any useful answers.
On the P9 Lite with 2 GBs of RAM they are using more than 1.5GBs of zRAM which is crazy. I don't think that's needed at all. If your phone is rooted, you can install a Magisk module called Swap Torpedo to disable swap and maybe change some LMK values. Also you can disable the Power Genie app if you don't have root access.
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If your phone is rooted, you can install a Magisk module called Swap Torpedo to disable swap and maybe change some LMK values. Also you can disable the Power Genie app if you don't have root access.
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I'm not rooted, because unlocking the bootloader and rooting would trip SafetyNet, which I can't afford because I need some apps that depend on SafetyNet and I don't want the whole cat and mouse game with Magisk trying to keep ahead of Google on that.
Thanks a lot for the Power Genie tip (called Power Genius on my phone), I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere else and will try it out. I hadn't noticed that process at all since it's running under AndroidSystem.
Edit: unfortunately the "Disable" button is grayed out on Power Genius, so disabling it doesn't seem like an option. I can stop it manually, but I assume it'll just get autostarted again. I don't seem to have permissions to hide it from adb shell either.
Same problem here (NEM-L51C432). It aggressively kills all background applications. This prevents multitasking. It is annoying to see a lot of RAM is free and will not be used. RAM is there to take use of it and not to keep it free.