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http://www.cyrket.com/package/uk.co.neilandtheresa.Vault
I tried this out today. Its claim is to "[d]isable apps and remove them from the launcher, without uninstalling them. Stow away apps you rarely use, or hide built-in apps you never use.." Also good for T-Mo US Rom root users to hide that useless Amazon MP3s app.
I tested it out by hiding (the app uses the term 'stowing') a Better Keyboard Skin shortcut, a widget shortcut and normal application.
The App Vault app does have an issue with requesting root permission, it requires it for stowing/unstowing each app (and multiple times for each app) it adjusts instead of having a global permission. Think of it as Vista's UAC for Android, compared to Windows 7's.
Stowing a Better Keyboard skin shortcut does not change any of your Better Keyboard settings. If you had that skin selected, it is still in use. However, you cannot reselect that skin in the app's skin manager anymore. The shortcut was successfully hidden from the launcher.
Stowing a Widget shortcut (I used Battery Status) was less successful than the Better Keyboard Skin. The widget remained on the home screen, but it no longer updated. I could also add the widget to my home screen still, so I did, but it remained at 0%, unable to update to the real percentage. The shortcut was successfully hidden from the launcher, however.
Stowing a normal application (I used the Babbler Facebook app) worked the same as uninstalling the app. Its home screen shortcut turned into the default APK icon and was unable to launch. It's widget remained on the selection screen for widgets, but like the Battery Status widget, it would not update. And like the others, the shortcut was hidden from the launcher.
Overall, it seems the vault is useful when hiding applications you don't use (especially stock apps), but not widgets or commonly used applications. As the Better Keyboard Skin was the only app that was successful in stowing and still being usable, and caused the least upset to me, I think I'll refund the application.
I hope someone can find a better use for it than I can.
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hmm i wonder if i put something like set cpu or autostarts or something that you only configure once and then dont touch if the configurations will stay .. going to try it out
Why wouldn't you just use the modified launcher, you have root already, CM has it as default along with some others.
Caution when using this application.
DO NOT HIDE THE USER PERMISSIONS APPLICATION
if you do this, the app WILL become unusable and you will not be able to access root permissions in any way. the app should really be disabled from being hidden from the get go just to be on the safe side
i hope i don't create a redundant thread, but a preceding search (flip clocks) in the DREAM forum only returned 3 existing threads, which all did not discuss this question.
my weather widget/flip clock (donate version) stops refreshing frequently. it is usually trailing for some time, mostly up to an hour or so, until it wakes up again.
i know the instruction: exclude weather widget from task killer (or add to "ignore list")
HOWEVER....
i don't even have a task killer installed....
Toggle Settings has a task killer embedded, but I haven't even activated it (seemed to cause more problems than solving any...)
so... what else do i have to do, apart from that above, that i can't do.
thanks for any hint.
cheers
Download Advanced Task Manager and exclude it from there. You should have a task manager anyhow.
i tried that (with toggle settings task killer (ignore list)) and estrongs task manager (ignore list)... but both didn't change a thing.
that's why i am so confused
Carloswithac said:
Download Advanced Task Manager and exclude it from there. You should have a task manager anyhow.
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correction... i think it was just that.
i tried Advanced Task Manager, excluded weather widget in that one, and now it works like a charm...
but that means many other task killers are just not doing it right....... because they didn't work.
thanks for the help!
Had this issue, just paid the $0.99 for the app and hope this takes care of it.
Thanks all!
Talderon said:
Had this issue, just paid the $0.99 for the app and hope this takes care of it.
Thanks all!
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yes, all the best! at first it seemed not to work.
i managed it by doing the following:
1. open the weather widget app (not the widget, the app that comes along with it, in which we change settings or themes, etc.)
2. while weather widget app is open, start advanced task manager and add the weather widget app to the exlude list (also to the auto-kill exclude list)
this did it for me. finally the flip clock is on time. ALWAYS
my clock stops working when there is a forcast error and only starts working again when i refresh the weather. I've contacted the dev and told him about it and he said he will look into it.
i just figured out that although adding it to the exclude list of advanced task manager it still "crashes" occasionally.
then the weather app has to be re-started, and then it works again.
something makes weather app crashing, and i believe it's low memory. should extract a log ...
Same problem here. Excluded it from kill list, but still runs consistently behind, when it's not locked up for hours. Quite a disappointment after coming from Beautiful Widgets. Can't exclude from Auto Kill list on free Advanced Task Manager, but shouldn't have to buy an app to make another work properly!
i figured it out, somehow...
i realized that apart from Advanced Task Manager, I had also Toggle Settings, which also kills processes (I find this feature of Toggle Settings is not as intiuitive but it seems impossible to have it deactivated).
so, i have to:
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager autokill
- exclude from Toggle Settings
- exclude from Toggle Settings autokill
... for any new app that has a task manager and autokill function this will have to be done separately
finally i got it working
I've tried excluding it from Taskiller, Advanced Task Manager, Estrongs, etc and it still stops refreshing. After unlocking, it's always wrong, requiring refresh. Hopefully dev can get this app working correctly.
shmigao said:
i figured it out, somehow...
i realized that apart from Advanced Task Manager, I had also Toggle Settings, which also kills processes (I find this feature of Toggle Settings is not as intiuitive but it seems impossible to have it deactivated).
so, i have to:
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager
- exclude from Advanced Task Manager autokill
- exclude from Toggle Settings
- exclude from Toggle Settings autokill
... for any new app that has a task manager and autokill function this will have to be done separately
finally i got it working
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I'm not sure if you are using Cyanogen, but if you go into your apps list open the Spare Parts app. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the list of options. The last one should be 'Home app in memory'. This is where the lesser of two evils comes in, at least from my experience. When checked, the Weather Widget clock will freeze and you will constantly have to refresh to update. When unchecked, no problems with the Weather Widget, BUT you will have a lag(2-5 sec) when returning to your Home screen. The delay may not bother you at first, but it will eventually...especially when you are trying to make a call and have to wait for all your icons to show.
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I have tried everything I can find in the settings but apps that are excluded from "lock screen cleanup" are still closed.
I have locked them in the recent apps panel, I allow them to use background data, data saver is disabled, but regardless, the apps are always killed by locking the screen. I thought this aggressive battery behavior was supposed to be fixed in EMUI 5.
I am suffering with the same problem on my P10 where background processes are killed after locking the screen despite having set them not to close the app and its service are killed sometimes when the screen locks. Android 7.0 EMUI 5.1 VTR-L29C432B151
Is there any solution for this? - I use a Zoiper for SIP calls and it is being stopped and I am missing calls
Turning off the close option in Lock screen clean up did not make any difference but, I did see in settings -> Battery -> "Settings Gear" an option to 'Close excessively power-intensive apps' and turned it off - but not tested it long enough to see if it fixes the problem.
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Yes, same here - missing notification from Ring doorbell, missing updates from Tile and Life360 and Withings watch not synchronising automatically... Annoying behaviour.
Ok, tried something today and so far apps aren't closing - even after a few hours. Open Settings | Apps and click the settings at the bottom. Tap Special Access | Ignore battery optimisation... Select the apps you want to keep alive by switching to "Allowed".
I also have Battery | Lockscreen Cleanup disabled for all apps and the "Close excessively power-intensive apps" option unchecked.
freitasm said:
Ok, tried something today and so far apps aren't closing - even after a few hours. Open Settings | Apps and click the settings at the bottom. Tap Special Access | Ignore battery optimisation... Select the apps you want to keep alive by switching to "Allowed"..
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When I do that I only get a list of a few Apps, the ones I want to keep running are not included - Is there a way to add them to this list?
Tap the arrow to show Allowed or All.
Sorry for the false alarm folks. Overnight all apps were closed again, regardless of the "Ignore policy" setting...
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Sorry for the false alarm folks. Overnight all apps were closed again, regardless of the "Ignore policy" setting...
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At first I thought it was working, but eventually all the apps that I needed running always were terminated and had to be restarted manually.
This bug is so incredibly annoying, is it by chance fixed in VTR-L29C432B164 - I am getting so fed up with this phone killing services that I rely on to be running all the time - I don't care if they consume more power, I just need them to keep running.
I have the same issue on P10 Lite WAS-LX1AC423B171 this is the latest firmware I could install. Driving me mental!!!!
Hi everyone.
I've recently got a 9T pro for it's great camera and features. It's got MIUI 11.0.1 global rom (non-rooted).
However, I'm having a nightmare to deal with it's issue of killing background apps. I need apps, especially Calendar events, Gmail notification to pop-up and stay there until I cancel/snooze them, but the notifications either never pop-up or if on rare occasions they do, they are quickly forced closed once the screen is locked.
Now I would say I'm pretty advanced user for android phones, but this issue is totally baffling me. I've so far:
Enabled Permissions for ALL apps.
Disabled Battery restrictions for ALL apps
Checked all notifications and made sure they were all enabled.
Developer Options > Disable MIUI optimisations
I'm still having the same issues, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
You might just want to upgrade your rom. Those early versions of 11 were extremely buggy.
Don't disable MIUI optimisations! Just disable battery restrictions on apps you don't want to be closed, enable autostart on those apps and in recents menu lock apps you want to keep runing in background.
Thanks very much guys for your assistance.
turbine - I've already tried to do an OTA update, but it states that there are no further updates as yet. I assume this is down to my service provider? In which case, how do I get the latest version?
mnmchill - I thought miui optimisation where it aggressively closes down apps?
I've already disabled battery restrictions and enabled autostart for every single app.
What do you mean by lock the app, because I can't find such option on mine?? How do I get to it?
Cheers.
xiaomiui said:
Thanks very much guys for your assistance.
turbine - I've already tried to do an OTA update, but it states that there are no further updates as yet. I assume this is down to my service provider? In which case, how do I get the latest version?
mnmchill - I thought miui optimisation where it aggressively closes down apps?
I've already disabled battery restrictions and enabled autostart for every single app.
What do you mean by lock the app, because I can't find such option on mine?? How do I get to it?
Cheers.
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MIUI optimisation is now for a lot more than just killing apps and your system will not be stable if you turn it off. New MIUI betas don't even have an option to turn it off so in some time if will be unabled to turn it off on all new MIUI versions since turning it off makes more harm than good.
Locking app in memory is the first thing you should do to keep apps not killed. I thought you already knew about it so I mentioned it last while I was giving you suggestions. Basically you just open Recent menu and you'll see there windows of apps you opened recently. Now just hold your finger for a 1-2 seconds on a window of app you don't want to be killed and 3 options will pop out and you just choose option with padlock icon. That way app will be always in the background and will never be killed(battery optimisation must also be turned off for that app, of course). Do this procedure for all your apps you don't want to be killed and that's it since you just need to do it once per app.
MnMchill said:
MIUI optimisation is now for a lot more than just killing apps and your system will not be stable if you turn it off. New MIUI betas don't even have an option to turn it off so in some time if will be unabled to turn it off on all new MIUI versions since turning it off makes more harm than good.
Locking app in memory is the first thing you should do to keep apps not killed. I thought you already knew about it so I mentioned it last while I was giving you suggestions. Basically you just open Recent menu and you'll see there windows of apps you opened recently. Now just hold your finger for a 1-2 seconds on a window of app you don't want to be killed and 3 options will pop out and you just choose option with padlock icon. That way app will be always in the background and will never be killed(battery optimisation must also be turned off for that app, of course). Do this procedure for all your apps you don't want to be killed and that's it since you just need to do it once per app.
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Hi! I thought the miui optimisation was very aggressive for memory related events & had opted to keep disabled since miui 6 & later on..
What changed in miui 11 onwards ? Where can I read the latest info on it?
MnMchill said:
MIUI optimisation is now for a lot more than just killing apps and your system will not be stable if you turn it off. New MIUI betas don't even have an option to turn it off so in some time if will be unabled to turn it off on all new MIUI versions since turning it off makes more harm than good.
Locking app in memory is the first thing you should do to keep apps not killed. I thought you already knew about it so I mentioned it last while I was giving you suggestions. Basically you just open Recent menu and you'll see there windows of apps you opened recently. Now just hold your finger for a 1-2 seconds on a window of app you don't want to be killed and 3 options will pop out and you just choose option with padlock icon. That way app will be always in the background and will never be killed(battery optimisation must also be turned off for that app, of course). Do this procedure for all your apps you don't want to be killed and that's it since you just need to do it once per app.
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Ahh right. I'm sorry, but maybe I'm old school, but I called this option task switcher/task manager
I've now padlocked the relevant apps, but the menu recents still allows me to get rid of the app by swiping my finger across it, but the padlock otherwise stays on.. Does this mean it'll still be running in the background?
I've already disabled battery optimisation for all apps.
I red it on Mi 9T Pro telegram channel where one developer explained and, to make it short, basically he wrote that disabling MIUI optimisation on latest MIUI versions doesn't change much and that its cons definitely outweigh its pros. Also latest MIUI beta versions have that option enabled by default and removed from developer options and it's impossible to turn it off. Some day that beta will become stable MIUI version so no one will be able to disable it anyway.
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xiaomiui said:
Ahh right. I'm sorry, but maybe I'm old school, but I called this option task switcher/task manager
I've now padlocked the relevant apps, but the menu recents still allows me to get rid of the app by swiping my finger across it, but the padlock otherwise stays on.. Does this mean it'll still be running in the background?
I've already disabled battery optimisation for all apps.
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If apps stay at recents menu after you press X at the bottom of recents menu then they will always run in background but if you manually remove app from recents by swiping your finger across it then you manually killed that app so it won't run in background anymore.
Turbine1991 said:
You might just want to upgrade your rom. Those early versions of 11 were extremely buggy.
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That is the most recent(and only actually) stable version on Global
MnMchill said:
I red it on Mi 9T Pro telegram channel where one developer explained and, to make it short, basically he wrote that disabling MIUI optimisation on latest MIUI versions doesn't change much and that its cons definitely outweigh its pros. Also latest MIUI beta versions have that option enabled by default and removed from developer options and it's impossible to turn it off. Some day that beta will become stable MIUI version so no one will be able to disable it anyway.
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If apps stay at recents menu after you press X at the bottom of recents menu then they will always run in background but if you manually remove app from recents by swiping your finger across it then you manually killed that app so it won't run in background anymore.
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Thanks for clarifying this. Since your helpful advice, my phone seems to show notifications much more often. I'll need to try it for a bit longer. I'm not too happy with the fact that if I swipe my finger accidentally, I'll end up closing the app especially if it's got a padlock icon enabled.
Also, even though I've selected that my notifications and their content be shown, they are not appearing on the locked screen. Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks very much!