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Hi guys! We have had reports of the app having issues controlling the wifi scanner and background data schedules on some devices.
We really need testers with root (but its not necessary if you just want to test the wifi scanner).
You can get some info on the app below. But what we really need is some testing! You can download it for free and then try using the wifi scanner and intervals, as well as the background data schedules.
If you find your device has issues, click "Write to us" to send logs. Please make sure you describe which issues you have - scanner or background data!
Thanks very much!
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Wireless Power Chief
Wireless Chief is an application designed to control the wifi and data radios in your device, as well as many related functions like background data and autosync.
It can be used to save power or minimize data usage, and works either by reading the screen state, the battery state or on a completely custom schedule.
All data and sync options require root access. There is no other may to manipulate the radios.
Features:
- Turn features on or off depending on screen state
- Disable wifi if no known network is available
- Change wifi scan intervals and scan attempts
- Schedule autosync and background data
- Force autosync on wifi only
- Disable wireless radio features according to battery level
- Watched active download state, disabling the service until a download completes
If you have any issues, please leave comments in this thread or better yet use the "Write to us" dialog in the application's settings.
Versions:
Locked: All Screen state options are free
Unlocked: Full functionality, including Battery and Scheduled profiles
Market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.wirechief
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sounds neat .. will give it a shot ...
Did you have a chance to test as described above?
I've purchased the app and have been testing it for a about a week with root access enabled.
Currently using only the screen profiles since working with multiple profiles enabled seems to overwrite my screen profile settings. It would be nice to have some more options like for example only using the scheduler settings when the screen is OFF, this way I could use both.
I'm currently having a lot of problems with the app though which is making it not as useful as it could be.
Biggest problem would probably be that the app loses focus after a while. It just stops working all together until I reopen the app, then it works fine again for a while before I have to repeat the procedure. Similar apps use a notification in the status bar to keep the app alive, maybe this could fix it?
Another big problem I've come across is some weird behavior with syncing. First I had my "Screen Off" profile set to "Sync Disabled" and "Screen On" "Sync Enabled". This would result in my phone starting to sync as soon as my screen would get turned on. I noticed similar behavior with setting it to "scheduled". So now I just disabled sync on all profiles because this is costing my almost as much battery as the app is saving.
I've also noticed some issues when I spent a long time configuring the settings. For example yesterday I was testing some different configurations. I then got to playing with the "Activation times" for enabling or disabling wifi/data and when I set it to 30 seconds it would still use the previously set 0 seconds value. I then cleared app data from Android application settings, set the value to 30 seconds again and it would work. This is a minor issue because I will probably just set these once and not fiddle around with it anymore.
I will continue testing for now but if the first 2 problems remain I will have to fall back to using Easy Battery Saver app. I would love to keep using the Chief though, I really like the concept.
I'm using a SGS2 running on CheckRom RevoHD6 (GB2.3.6), tried different kernels with similar results (stock, neak, redpill). Also wiped my phone and did a reinstall of CheckRom but also this didn't help.
If you need more details on my testing let me know.
Hello,
I bought this one hoping it would do what I wish... But now I am not quite sure.
I just want an application that toggles on/keeps it for a while/toggles off autosync in given periods. Yes, this program can do it but I am unable to prevent it to switch my Wifi on.
Wifi checkboxes are unchecked, only scheduled autosync state is set as I wish. But it keeps turning Wifi on while I am at home, I can't override it off manually.
Hi, I've just downloaded this, I'll try it out as much as I can tomorrow. Hopefully if this conserves battery well enough I'll want to keep this phone more
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What happened...Any testing still goin on?
MyCanSeeYou said:
Hi, I've just downloaded this, I'll try it out as much as I can tomorrow. Hopefully if this conserves battery well enough I'll want to keep this phone more
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Just saw this app...looks like it may be making a comeback with some new developers. I just DL it and am in the process of testing it out... will post some results soon...
Hi all,
I just installed cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-galaxysmtd.zip and I have a big problem with SystemUpdateService which is always on and draining my battery. The phone will not go in deep sleep, it will just stay awake.
I tried all of the following:
1. Installed Disable Service and went on to disable SystemUpdateService, but it was already disabled.
2. Installed Autorun Manager and went on to disable com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver. but it was already disabled
3. I copied FOTAkill.apk in the System folder with RS Root Explorer and restarted, but the problem kept persisting
The only way to stop is is to disable GoogleServiceFramework, which will cause my phone to display the "unfortunatelly google play has stopped" error now and then, which is annoying and just a crude fix to the problem.
Does anybody know what else I could do?
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Hi all,
I just installed cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-galaxysmtd.zip and I have a big problem with SystemUpdateService which is always on and draining my battery. The phone will not go in deep sleep, it will just stay awake.
I tried all of the following:
1. Installed Disable Service and went on to disable SystemUpdateService, but it was already disabled.
2. Installed Autorun Manager and went on to disable com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver. but it was already disabled
3. I copied FOTAkill.apk in the System folder with RS Root Explorer and restarted, but the problem kept persisting
The only way to stop is is to disable GoogleServiceFramework, which will cause my phone to display the "unfortunatelly google play has stopped" error now and then, which is annoying and just a crude fix to the problem.
Does anybody know what else I could do?
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I installed (cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-galaxysmtd.zip) on my device
and i am not found this problem?
try wakelock detector to see what's keeping it awake http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179651
Starting today, I got this issue as well on a Nexus 4 device running the M7 snapshot with hellscore kernel. The first 2 steps you took didn't work for me too. Didn't know about #3 this far.
keeekeeess said:
The only way to stop is is to disable GoogleServiceFramework, which will cause my phone to display the "unfortunatelly google play has stopped" error now and then, which is annoying and just a crude fix to the problem.
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Doesn't sound pretty, but how did you do this? Still better than running out of battery halfway through the day, I'd guess.
pryerlee: WLD says exactly that - Google Play Services -> SystemUpdateService, for me currently 4h23m, being 100% of the time - plus it says "x2" (what's that precisely?)
not sure if this will help but read tho the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388243 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378962
it is not work this servicein with lock screen!!
(i speek arabic good but english not good)
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pryerlee: Couldn't make anything out of those.
Just linking the other way round as well, maybe it'll help - the issue popped up on CM forums too: http ://forum.cyanogenmod. com/topic/96459-systemupdateservice-wakelock-on-cm11-m7-massive-battery-drain/
(sry for destroying the link, I'm blocked from posting it.)
pryerlee said:
not sure if this will help but read tho the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388243 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378962
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I did all of the options, the service is closed yet it was still running.
I compromised and installed Paranoid Android 4.4.2 and the problem is no more.
So just trying stuff without any deeper thoughts, I just did two things, locked the phone afterwards and now the wakelock seems to be gone:
1. I enabled SystemUpdateService using Disable Service App, which had already been disabled when we first looked.
2. I looked into the CM update function, where - having selected all stable releases - nothing was showing and refreshing didn't work. Got the idea to look into Disable Service App again, and found that UpdateCheckService of CyanogenMod-Updater was disabled. Enabled it, refreshed CM updater, got a list of stable releases.
My beginner's guess would be #1 did it - but why was #2 even an issue in the first place?
Running CM 11 M7 Snapshot 6/9/14 msm8960 on Motorola Atrix HD MB886. Have seen something similar.
Details:
- Have not seen this issue for weeks of running this ROM until now.
- This seems to have started a few (2?) days ago after an update. Google Play Music, Maps, Search, Drive, Sheets, and Docs all received updates in the past week.
- Typically, based on the configuration and usage of my phone, when the screen on is off the phone is in Deep Sleep (percentage in high 90s).
- At some point after some app or service is run, the phone stops going into deep sleep.
- Better Battery Stats shows SystemUpdateService as having partial wakelock for about the same percentage of time that the phone should be in deep sleep (high 90s).
- SystemUpdateServices does not seem to be hogging battery even considering that it might be folded into another category, but the wakelock causes the phone to use battery more than twice as fast as in deep sleep.
- A restart clears it up until the SystemUpdateService is invoked again by... whatever... seems to be something I do manually - still chasing it.
IronTechmonkey,
confirming your descriptions, up to the point where you describe that a reboot clears the issue up until a certain unknown event some time after boot. This is clearly not the case for me.
Instead, I was just able to reproduce the behaviour I described above. The wakelock remained gone since my last post, then I had to reboot for another reason, and it was there again basically from the first second (100% awake time since boot). Looking into Disable Service, SystemUpdateService was unchecked / disabled - again I checked / enabled it, and the wakelock stopped immediately.
Silkeyway said:
IronTechmonkey,
confirming your descriptions, up to the point where you describe that a reboot clears the issue up until a certain unknown event some time after boot. This is clearly not the case for me.
Instead, I was just able to reproduce the behaviour I described above. The wakelock remained gone since my last post, then I had to reboot for another reason, and it was there again basically from the first second (100% awake time since boot). Looking into Disable Service, SystemUpdateService was unchecked / disabled - again I checked / enabled it, and the wakelock stopped immediately.
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I've been able to consistently replicate the problem 100% by running the Google Play app when the phone has a data connection.
If I run the Google Play app when the phone has no data connection the problem does not occur until the next time the phone has a data connection, whether or not Google Play is running.
I do have all auto-updating disabled in google and elsewhere which makes this easier to chase.
See if it happens when your phone has no data connection, with apps and google things set not to autoupdate.
As for the temporary fix: Like you said: Disable Service app, System Apps list, Google Play Services, SystemUpdateService enable/disable.
I'll try with those conditions asap. No time just now.
However, doesn't this all raise the question why SystemUpdateService is disabled? Shouldn't this default to enabled?
Or to put it differently: Is enabling SystemUpdateService a workaround, or is it being disabled the issue?
I also had the wakelock on my P990.
systemupdateservice was disabled in gooogle service framework, but it was still active as receiver and actice receiver in google play services - disabling it there solved the wakelock for me.
Silkeyway said:
I'll try with those conditions asap. No time just now.
However, doesn't this all raise the question why SystemUpdateService is disabled? Shouldn't this default to enabled?
Or to put it differently: Is enabling SystemUpdateService a workaround, or is it being disabled the issue?
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Now that I've tested during a work day I'm seeing the problem occur more pervasively as some of you are
- It starts any time I go on line.
- Reboot sometimes but not always fixes
- Toggling using Disable Service app no longer works reliably
- Must stop Google Services Framework to fix issue until next time I go on line
= Royal PITA!
As for your question; It is not uncommon in the world of computers (and phones) to have to toggle a setting on/off or off/on to get the setting to stick, especially when something deeper in the system is turning it on and off without a flag letting the user know.
Just summarizing what was found on the CM forums where I tried to link previously:
Seemingly permanent workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
Related fix, merged into nightly since Jun 29: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/66894/
Haven't tried that workaround, had no time to go for the nightly... hopefully the fix will already be included in the M8 stable release(?).
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... hopefully the fix will already be included in the M8 stable release(?).
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Indeed hoping the same, and it looks like M8 and the nightly to which you refer will not yet be using the KK bootloader (great for my old Moto AtrixHD MB886 w/JB bootloader). Found that same XDA post referring to Autorun Manager which looks like a good temporary fix - working good so far. Does not hold setting through restart but still more effective than others..
I've the same issue here since 2/3 days on my 9001 running CyanogenMod 11.0 by ADC-Team - Release 8, maybe it was some app update occurred recently... I didn't have any issue with the same rom before.
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I can confirm that downgrading Google Play Services to version 4.3.25 is a working workaround.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53851739&postcount=3026
Silkeyway said:
Just summarizing what was found on the CM forums where I tried to link previously:
Seemingly permanent workaround: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
Related fix, merged into nightly since Jun 29: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/66894/
Haven't tried that workaround, had no time to go for the nightly... hopefully the fix will already be included in the M8 stable release(?).
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Hey everyone,
i can confirm the issue for CM11 M7 and it all started with the recent update to Google Play Services 5 v84.
The workaround mentioned before works very well until a reboot ... lets hope the best for CM11 M8!
Best workaround I've found:
"Finally I was able to block the SystemUpdateService wakelock, using this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...com.rs.autorun
go to settings, enable the option to show system entries
find google play services and disable:
SystemUpdateService$Receiver
SystemUpdateService$ActiveReceiver
SystemUpdateService$SecretCodeReceiver
done... no more wakelock and it didn't break anything, syncs all work ok
I know this app doesn't look the best, but I tried others like "Android Tuner Free", "Disable Services", "Gemini App Manager", etc, but they allowed me to only disable the main service and didn't show the other receivers that had to be disabled."
As the other user said, this is all caused by the Google Play Services update that has being rolling out this last week. The solution above is reboot proof (At least for me). Thanks to the user who posted it.
I seem to be having an intermittent problem with notifications on my new Moto G, when using the device and a notification comes through everything works 100%, however I sleep the device by tapping the power button as you do, occasionally notifications will not come through and then I tap the power button and the phone buzzes and the notification light starts flashing like they just came through at that second (when the time on the notification shows as X minuets previous).
I can't seem to replicate this in any fashion, it seems completely random and effects all types of notification, Gmail, WhatsApp and also the Ringer from Android Device Manager.
The Ringer from Android Device Manager is where I first confirmed the problem, I was playing with the Android Device Manager locating my phone which was sleeping right next to me, it located it fine so I hit ring and it said 'successful' or words to that effect, but the device was not ringing at all, picked up the phone and woke it, it immediately started ringing. I tried it a 2nd time and the same thing happened again, the 3rd time it worked as designed.
I've tried restarting the phone and clearing the data of effected apps, but neither worked, a reset of the device is the next logical step but I would like to hear if anyone else has this problem or has any other solutions.
This is happening when the device is connected to WiFi (even while sleeping) with the mobile data either enabled or disabled, I have not tried what happens if WiFi is not turned on, because when I'm at home I want it to use WiFi.
TLDR: sometimes by random I don't get notifications until I manually wake the device when they did actually come through X minutes previous it just didn't tell me.
Try resetting it! I never had such a problem
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Droids king said:
Try resetting it! I never had such a problem
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Ok will do, is the 'Factory Reset' option in the menu sufficient, or is there something else I should do?
Check your advance wifi settings and also check Motorola Assist just in case!
sahil kaul said:
Check your advance wifi settings and also check Motorola Assist just in case!
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I have keep WiFi on during sleep set to Always, and Avoid Poor Connections and WiFi Optimisation both ticked everything else is off, I've never used Motorola Assist.
I'll untick Avoid Poor Connections but I doubt it could be that as I have very good WiFi signal where I am.
jay2the1 said:
I have keep WiFi on during sleep set to Always, and Avoid Poor Connections and WiFi Optimisation both ticked everything else is off, I've never used Motorola Assist.
I'll untick Avoid Poor Connections but I doubt it could be that as I have very good WiFi signal where I am.
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How about Wi-Fi optimization, its usually Checked. Uncheck it. It should work.
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How about Wi-Fi optimization, its usually Checked. Uncheck it. It should work.
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OK when I find out that Avoid poor connections being unticked is not working (which I've just had a notification suggesting it isn't) I'll untick WiFi optimisation, I'm hesitant to untick it right now as it says it saves battery life.
OK new development I was listening to music on the phone (the phone is sleeping) the song ended but the next one didn't start, as soon as I tapped the power button the next song started.
I'm going to try resetting the phone as soon as I get chance, I just need to use a voucher in an app first as I'd loose it otherwise.
Double post
Reset the device today, my plan was to use the Recovery but none of the options would appear it would only display the Android laying down (even when pressing buttons), so instead used the Factory Reset option in the menu, only time will tell but fingers crossed it seems to be working OK now :fingers-crossed:
So I had this before and eventually sorted it..... But now I'm back to delayed notifications a lot of the time if screen is off, usually until I open the app in the case of WhatsApp for example.
I have:
Gone through all notification settings, even enabling "priority notifications" app by app,
ensured data always on is enabled
Even used adb to disable power genie and yet I out my phone down for half hour, come back open WhatsApp bingbingbing messages come through.
I'm on 9.0.0.236
Anyone actually found a working solution to this.
Did read someone was told by Huawei to do "reset all settings" but that's seems a tad counterproductive aswell as a pain in the ass
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So got it down to being a issue with closing apps in sleep as WiFi stays on, but after phone is left for 15 minutes or so got mate to WhatsApp me and only one tick until I opened app.
How can this be possible when I've gone through every conceivable power saving/battery/app control option I can find or mentioned online?
Must be a fix for this, can't just be every Huawei owner accepts no notifications lol
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Reset all settings should bring the notifications back. Not factory reset just the settings! Worked for me!
Tried that, it continued, however at work today while in mobile data didn't seem to have any issues, may have been as I have a widget running for music all day that has a one hour timeout before it closes. Maybe keeps device from deep sleep?
As usual Huawei forums no help at all. Lots of people with a problem and Huawei dancing round the issue
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Try to enable/disable Wi-Fi+, it works good for me, but I saw people complaining about it.
Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Wi-Fi -> 3 dots at the top right corner -> Settings -> Wi-Fi+
System power saving settings:
Settings -> Battery -> App launch -> Disable "Automatic management" for apps you like.
Settings -> Battery -> More battery settings -> Enable "Stay connected when device sleeps".
Data saving settings:
Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Data usage -> Data Saver -> Disable
Already done all those and more apart from wifi+ that's not an issue. It seems to be on both WiFi and mobile data. Possibly been a bit better now but hard to say if it's it's not just down to using a music app at work that's always awake, maybe preventing deep sleep.
Or just hauwei firmware takes a few days to learn regular apps to allow notifications in some super hidden menu as I have only recently forced a downgrade and rebrand of my device. Remember it did this first time I updated to pie but seemed to sort itself out
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finally found someone that have same issues for 6 months!
access the *#*#426#*#* click the dots advance, click events
if there is Close err:28 things then we have same problem in wifi only,
and in advance there should be Heartbeat waiting ack alarm with minus number bug
Im on Mate 20 Pro, done anything only GCM Fix Notification on Google Play Store can fix this temporary, or switch mobile network
or just Buy another phone
This issue hasn't shown its face since 9.0.0.168 for me. Even then it was only for a few days after update. It was over zealous power and data management underneath emui
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My widgets are very slow to update. It may take him a half hour or longer to update. I have checked battery optimization is not on for those apps, although one of those two apps that I have the problem with background data is grayed out. So I can't turn on allow background data. Not sure why that would be great out.
Any thoughts?
Wunderlist Task List.
DTG/GTD
But, I did some things poking around, don't remember for sure what all, but I had read that changing the Animation Scale etc to .5 would help. I did change that.
Before posting, I had found that Wunderlist was on battery optimization. Changing it didn't appear to help, so I posted. But now, it seems to be working. Maybe it's fixed. I'll post back in a day or two and indicate if it is still working or has stopped again.
Well, no, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that's the only change I made, and at that point it had started working.
Are you having same problem, albeit different widgets?
FYI... mine is now not working again. I'm not surprised. But am frustrated.
Update...
I am finding that it does eventually update. It feels like the phone has been taken over by something. But, then, other things don't seem slow.
I just installed Gsam battery monitor, and ran the ADB cmds to try to identify apps using battery. Maybe I'll find something using a lot of battery and hence cycles.
My battery does seem to be going down quite a bit faster than it should.
It cleared up for a while after a factory reset,But it's back, and, I find that notifications from Lightflow come in 30 minutes after recieved.
It's like the phone is operating in molasses.
I'm beginning to think this phone is crap. If I switch back to my old Mate 9 it works fine.
jd14771 said:
certain apps aren't syncing well with pie. i had this same issue with Beautiful widgets, could not get the weather or time to update unless i manually updated it.
Under <Problem APP's> App Info > Battery
1.A Make sure the app is allowed background activity
1.B Make sure the app is not set to "optimized"
. (note: by default, the optimized list will only show apps that HAVEN'T been optimized, . you have to select "ALL" at the top to see all apps.)
Under <Problem APP's> App Info > Mobile Data
2.A Make sure "allow background data usage" is enabled.
2.B Make sure "allow app while data saver is on" if you have data saver enabled.
. (enable this if you want to be sure an app will receive background data.)
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Thanks for the suggestions. I don't seem to be having any luck with that. Had already done those.
But!! ...
I just found a post after doing a global search for another issue I am having that seems to coincide with the widget issues, which is, Play Store freezing during updates. The post was in a Xaiomi forum. He said that he found if he had blue tooth on, his play store would constantly freeze. He turned off BT, and rebooted, and it worked.
I just did the same thing...and it is working...both the play store, and widget updates.
Interesting to have the great feeling of success, along with the frustration of a new (newly realized) issue yet remaining (BT).
Looking for a little further and through the settings on Bluetooth, I turned off Bluetooth scan. Now at first I would still have problems with Bluetooth on even though Bluetooth to scan was off. That of course would be very quickly after turning it on or off at cetera.
so this morning I get up having left Bluetooth on all night, with scan off, and everything's working fine. I did find last night that when I would first turn Bluetooth on even with skin off, the problems would be there. But of course when you first turn Bluetooth on it's going to scan anyway.
so I will update this thread little later after I see a little more about weather. Just having scan off actually cures the problem, in case someone else runs into this and it helps them.